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2010-06-22 Caribbean-Latin America

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Posted by badanov 2010-06-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Sonora - The Puerto Peñasco police chief and his bodyguard are recovering after they were shot Saturday night. Erick Francisco Landagaray, and his bodyguard Luis Huerta Ibarra, were attacked around 11 p.m. while patrolling the seaside city, also known as Rocky Point. Right after the attack city officials asked for help from federal and state authorities and more agents were sent to patrol Rocky Point, said a city spokesman.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-06-22 00:47|| 2010-06-22 00:47|| Front Page Top

#2 Rocky Point is the northernmost beach town in Sonora, and as such has become like Ft. Lauderdale over the years to partying college kids. Violence there could be a disaster for a town that's got DICK besides tourism.

Posted by bigjim-CA 2010-06-22 12:35|| 2010-06-22 12:35|| Front Page Top

#3 The Arizona media gives more than average attention to Rocky Point, probably for that reason.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-06-22 13:59|| 2010-06-22 13:59|| Front Page Top

#4 Rocky Point = thought of as "gringolandia del sur" - now? RP real estate agents use the "Arizona ~~RED~~ Daily Star" to pimp for how safe things are down there. RP would have been a U.S. port if certain elements had had their say so after 1847...

Posted by borgboy 2010-06-22 15:50|| 2010-06-22 15:50|| Front Page Top

#5 From last midnight,Los Herreras, NL, Mexico
(AP) -- Authorities in northern Mexico say assailants sprayed a town hall with gunfire, killing at least three police officers.

The Nuevo Leon state attorney general's office says police found 200 shell casings from assault and semiautomatic rifles outside the Los Herreras municipal office, which also houses the town's police force.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-06-22 22:29|| 2010-06-22 22:29|| Front Page Top

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