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| Mexico identifies 12 slain as federal agents | |
| 2009-07-15 | |
| meanwhile, Mexico spirals down Twelve people tortured and killed in a cartel-plagued Mexican state were federal agents investigating organized crime, the government said Tuesday,
Mexico's national security spokesman, Monte Alejandro Rubido, said the 11 men and one woman were off duty when they were ambushed and abducted by members of the La Familia drug cartel in Calderon's home state of Michoacan, which has been a center of his crackdown on drug traffickers. Their bodies were found piled up along a mountain highway late Monday near the town of La Huacana. Michoacan state prosecutor J. Jesus Montejano initially said Tuesday that they were soldiers, but the army denied that. Initial reports indicated the victims were likely killed over the weekend, when federal agents arrested Arnoldo Rueda Medina, a reputed chief of operations of the Michoacan-based La Familia cartel. Police say his arrest Saturday set off a string of brazen attacks against federal forces that left six federal police officers and two soldiers dead. Gunmen threw grenades and fired on federal police stations and hotels where the agents were staying in three states. "This marks an important change in the drug war in that they are attacking federal forces directly," said Jorge Chabat, a Mexican drug expert. "It also suggests the capture of this person has affected the operations of the cartel. It was a major blow and this is a reaction out of weakness not strength." | |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #3 "Gunmen threw grenades" How is that possible? Grenades are illegal in the US - and thats where they are getting all their arms! |
| Posted by: Yosemite Sam 2009-07-15 15:24 |
| #2 It's coming to Arizona...time to get out in a few years I told my wife yesterday...Aztlan is on the way folks... :(( |
| Posted by: borgboy 2009-07-15 15:16 |
| #1 Chicago rules in effect. |
| Posted by: mojo 2009-07-15 10:47 |