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Quagmire! Gunmen open fire on Tijuana federal police building
Unfortunately, the honest cops and federales are targetted and, if they can't be bribed, killedSeveral hours after a state preventive police officer was ambushed and killed Monday night, gunmen opened fire on a building used by federal police. The agent killed in the first attack, which took place around 8:30 p.m., was identified as Ricardo Rosas Alvarado, 30. Mexican media reported that at least one person was killed, several were wounded and some suspects were detained in the second attack, which lasted about 10 minutes. Two of the wounded are believed to be federal preventive police agents. It's unclear whether the two incidents were related, or had a connection to the Saturday morning killing of Carlos Horacio Morales Mendez, also a state preventive officer. Morales was gunned down in front of his Tijuana house. In this latest round of violence, Rosas was found dead inside a bullet-riddled car in the parking lot of the Plaza Monarca shopping mall, according to state authorities. As of this morning, Mexican authorities hadn't yet released detailed information on the second attack. Drug trafficking groups are often blamed for violence like this. The region's Arellano Felix drug cartel, whose top leaders have been arrested and killed in recent years, is facing serious challenges from rival groups as well as internal splits. Some police are targeted for their crime-fighting efforts against drug traffickers, and others because they have colluded with gangs. Another reason I rarely visit Mexico, although I live within spitting distance. Once you get past the border region, the people are nice, honest (my experiences, YMMV), and friendly... Posted by: Frank G 2007-09-26 |
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