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Caribbean-Latin America
Durango: Bad Guys Kill Former State Police Commander
2010-11-06
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A former Durango state police commander and his wife were shot to death by armed suspects in Durango, Durango Friday, say Mexican news accounts.

Armando Avila, who was formerly commander for the Durango Policía Estatal Investigadora (PEI) a year ago.

Reports say Avila was aboard his Chevrolet Blazer when he was intercepted by armed suspects riding on a Dodge Voyager van on bulevar Domingo Arrieta, who were apparently laying in wait for him.

Avila was the escorting officer for former state police commander Eulalio Aldama, who was assassinated by an armed group on 17 September 2009.
What's the point of killing retired personnel?
Posted by:badanov

#3  Reyes Baeza, not Beliza

Sorries.
Posted by: badanov   2010-11-06 19:05  

#2  Thank you, badanov. The things you learnt, since taking up the Mexico beat!
Posted by: trailing wife   2010-11-06 18:11  

#1  What's the point of killing retired personnel?

Durango, as with ten other Mexican states just changed administrations from the 2010 Mexican midterms.

A settling of old accounts, I guess.

In Chihuahua, several retired cops have been murdered who were tied to the mayoral administration previous to the one just replaced, and IIRC, some former state police from the administration before the Chihuahua governor Reyes Beliza, who also ended his term.
Posted by: badanov   2010-11-06 15:59  

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