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| Bad Guys Kill 2 Chihuahua State Cops |
| 2011-03-30 |
| For a map, click here. For a map of Chihuahua click here Two Chihuahua state police agents and a five year old daughter of one of the agents were murdered in Chihuahua, Chihuahua late Monday night and Tuesday morning in two separate shootings, according to Mexican press accounts. Brenda Huguet Carrillo Gonzalez, 28, and her unidentified five year old daughter were leaving her home in her Ford Lobo (F-150) pickup truck when armed suspects aboard a two vehicle convoy opened fire on her. The attack took place near the intersection of calles Chichontepec and Lamatepec in the Panoramico colony at about 0800 hrs. The shooters were seen fleeing the scene in a Jeep Cherokee and a Nissan Quest minivan. Carrillo Gonzalez was the head of a Chihuahua state police investigation division, and had been with the Chihuahua state police since 2005. At 2200 hrs. Monday night a state police agent identified as Gabriel Guaderrama Beltran was shot to death in Chihuahua city. Reports say armed suspects shot the agent near the intersection of avenidas Deza and Uloa. Seven spent shell casings were found at the scene. Guaderrama Beltran is the fourth state police agent killed since last March 20th, when presumed elements of La Linea, the armed wing of the Juarez drug cartel warned that one state police agent per day would die as long as Chihuahua attorney general Carlos Manuel Salas (FGE) remained at his post. Carrillo Gonzalez's murder is the second state police commander and the fifth state police agent murdered. Commandante Ernesto Aguilera survived an assassination attempt near his home in Chihuahua city a week ago Sunday (March 20th), which took the life of one of his bodyguards, also the first state police agent fatality, and wounded a second escort. A threat was posted a graffiti the day of the first murder in two places which warned Manuel Salas. Aguilera has since been removed from his post as a police commander as coordinator of the FGE Zona Centro office. Despite the removal, Salas and his boss, Chihuahua governor Cesar Duarte, have dismissed the threats and assassinations as routine to their posts. To read Rantburg reports on the attempt on the life of Commandante Aguilera as well some background information in the wars between the Juarez drug gang and the Sinaloa drug gang detachment in Chihuahua state, click here Other graffiti messages posted since March 20th demanded the resignation of specific police commanders, although none of the agents' names whose resignations were demanded were released. It is unknown if Commandante Aguilera was amongst those whose resignations were demanded. One of those police agents were identified by Mexican press accounts as Commandante Solares. The next day on March 21st, armed suspects killed state police Commandante Jose Luis del Bosque Contreras, commander of the Chihuahua state K-9 unit. An unidentified female civilian was also wounded in the attack. To read the Rantburg story on the murder of Commandante Luis del Bosque Contreras, click here. The third state police agent, Jose Eriberto Ramirez Olivas Salinas, 32, was shot to death last March 23rd. He was said to be an escort for FGE Salas. To read Rantburg reports on the murder of agent Olivas Salinas, click here |
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