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Bad Guys Ambush Torreon Police Commander
For a map of Coahuila, click hereA Torreon police commander and a female municipal police officer were killed in an apparent ambush near Torreon, Coahuila Sunday night, according to Mexican press accounts. Victor Flores Gallardo, 50, and Patricia Gonzalez Sifuentes, 26, were shot to death by armed suspects at Patricia Gonzalez Sifuentes home where the two police officers went to seek refuge. Flores Gallardo and Gonzalez Sifuentes were on a remote dirt road near the San Augustine ejido (farm), when armed suspects aboard a convoy of three trucks began pursuit. The police were aboard Flores Gallardo's Ford Mustang and attempted to seek refuge at the Villas San Agustin colony. The suspects following the commander into the residence and shot him in the backyard, while Gonzalez Sifuentes was shot more than 20 times near the entrance to her home as she attempted to flee the attack. Flores Gallardo was a retired major of infantry in the Mexican Army and was being considered a replacement for General Carlos Bibiano Villa Castillo as Director General Seguridad Publica of Torreon. Bibiano Villa recently resigned his position to take a similar one in Quintana Roo in far southern Mexico. General Carlos Bibiano Villa Castillo was ambushed earlier this month, but escaped the attack unharmed To read the Ranburg report on the early March attack on General Villa Castillo, click here. Posted by: badanov 2011-03-17 |
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