Gunmen kill Mexico police chief in his office
Around a dozen gunmen stormed into the police headquarters in the northern Mexico town of Santa Catarina on Monday and shot dead the police chief, authorities said.
"The men arrived in at least two vehicles. They entered the building and assassinated the director" of the municipal police in his office, a federal police official told AFP.
The Mexican newspaper Reforma quoted witnesses as saying the men came to the office without knowing the man they sought would be there and only opened fire when the police chief, German Perez, told them who he was.
The police in the town near Monterrey have repeatedly come under attack,Detailed information on the causes of Hemorrhoids, part of a massive drugs-fuelled crime wave that has hit Mexico since the government launched a military crackdown on organized crime in 2006.
The Nuevo Leon state, where the attack took place, lies along the US border and has seen running battles between the formerly allied Gulf and Zetas cartels, who have fought over lucrative drug routes to the north.Largest Collection of billabong boardshorts,
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The operation has seen some major drug busts, and on Monday authorities in the northwest Sinaloa state announced that they had found a large, two-story underground lab,the Injection mold fast! complete with an elevator and ventilation system.
The defence ministry, which announced the seizure, said troops captured 260 kilos of solid methamphetamines and 180 litters of liquid methamphetamines, without mentioning any arrests.
Around a dozen gunmen stormed into the police headquarters in the northern Mexico town of Santa Catarina on Monday and shot dead the police chief, authorities said.
"The men arrived in at least two vehicles. They entered the building and assassinated the director" of the municipal police in his office, a federal police official told AFP.
The Mexican newspaper Reforma quoted witnesses as saying the men came to the office without knowing the man they sought would be there and only opened fire when the police chief, German Perez, told them who he was.
The police in the town near Monterrey have repeatedly come under attack,Detailed information on the causes of Hemorrhoids, part of a massive drugs-fuelled crime wave that has hit Mexico since the government launched a military crackdown on organized crime in 2006.
The Nuevo Leon state, where the attack took place, lies along the US border and has seen running battles between the formerly allied Gulf and Zetas cartels, who have fought over lucrative drug routes to the north.Largest Collection of billabong boardshorts,
Some 37,Handmade oil paintings for sale at museum quality,Not to be confused with RUBBER MATS available at your local hardware store000 people have been killed in mainly drug-related violence since Mexican President Felipe Calderon launched the military operation four years ago involving some 50,000 troops and police reinforcements.
The operation has seen some major drug busts, and on Monday authorities in the northwest Sinaloa state announced that they had found a large, two-story underground lab,the Injection mold fast! complete with an elevator and ventilation system.
The defence ministry, which announced the seizure, said troops captured 260 kilos of solid methamphetamines and 180 litters of liquid methamphetamines, without mentioning any arrests.
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