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Mexico: Police identify dead Interpol commander |
2005-10-21 |
![]() Portillo Madrid, his wife, his lawyer and another woman were kidnapped Tuesday afternoon in the Villas del Sol neighborhood, where Portillo Madrid owned a home, by at least five men carrying automatic weapons, Chihuahua state attorney general Patricia González. Portillo Madrid's wife, Nancy Márquez, was released unharmed late Tuesday but the whereabouts of the other woman remain unknown, Bañuelos said. Portillo became a real estate agent after working for the federal Attorney General's Office and serving as a commander for the Interpol in Ciudad Juárez. He survived an attack against his life in 1997. Located across the U.S. border from El Paso, Texas, this city of 1.3 million people is the home base for the Juárez drug cartel and has witnessed frequent violence related to the drug trade. It has also been plagued by the slayings of more than 100 women in similar sexually motivated killings. |
Posted by:DanNY |
#2 Two men whose bodies were stuffed in oil drums filled with concrete were identified as a former Interpol commander and his lawyer, authorities said Thursday. That's about all the "authorities" down there are good for. Enforcing law and order doesn't even run a distant second; more like a very, VERY distant third or even fourth. |
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-10-21 15:33 |
#1 Mexico: The Best of All Failed States |
Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-10-21 12:43 |