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Bad Guys Ambush Chihuahua City Police Commander
A Chihuahua, Chihuahua city police commander and an unidentified female municipal police officer were wounded in an ambush in Chihuahua city at around 1430 hrs Wednesday, according to Mexican press accounts.The commander, identified as Commandante Federico Balderas, was participating in a surveillance operation in an area near Plaza Vallarta in northern Chihuahua city in his command unit when armed suspects aboard a convoy of two trucks fired on him. Nearby Chihuahua municipal police officers witnessed the attack and initiated pursuit which continued in the Villa y Revolucion colony. The pursuit ended near the intersection of calles Columbus and Industrias. Reports fail to make clear if any arrests were made; only that two of the vehicles used in the attack were recovered. Commandante Balderas suffered a minor wound in his leg while the female officer was hit with shrapnel wounds. AR-15 assault rifles were used in the attack and were fired at least 100 times during the shooting incident. Posted by: badanov 2011-03-17 |
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