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| Grenade attack kills 5 state police in Mexico |
| 2008-10-10 |
| Five state police officers were killed in the western Mexican state of Jalisco by grenade-lobbing gunmen who fired more than 800 bullets in the attack, authorities said Thursday. The officers came under fire Wednesday night as they prepared to search a car they had just stopped in the town of Lagos de Moreno outside the western city of Guadalajara, the Jalisco state public safety department said in a statement. An unknown number of assailants arrived in two pickup trucks. Two bystanders also were wounded, the department said. State Public Safety Secretary Luis Carlos Najera said authorities suspected the Zetas, an infamous group of hit men tied to the Gulf cartel. The Zetas have a history of aggression against Jalisco police, Najera told the Megaradio station. The federal Attorney General's Office announced a reward of 5 million pesos (US$407,000) for information leading to the capture of those behind the attack. Meanwhile in Ciudad Juarez, across the U.S. border from El Paso, Texas, two state police officers were shot to death by gunmen in another car as they drove along a busy avenue, said Alejandro Pariente, a spokesman for the Chihuahua state prosecutor. Hours after the Wednesday killings, a funeral wreath was left outside the state police headquarters in Ciudad Juarez, Pariente said. The wreath was accompanied by a threatening message and the name of the two slain officers and other policemen. ... |
| Posted by:ed |
| #2 Mexico is still probably a lot safer than living in Washington D.C. or Detroit. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-10-10 14:48 |
| #1 How much of this has to go on before Mexico earns the title of failed state? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2008-10-10 09:25 |