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| Palomas police chief requests U.S. asylum |
| 2008-03-26 |
| The police chief of Palomas, Mexico, has requested political asylum in the United States. The Luna County Sheriff's Department and the U.S. Border Patrol say Emilio Perez came to the port of entry at Columbus late Tuesday night. He told authorities his two officers have fled and he does not know their whereabouts. The agent-in-charge of the Border Patrol station in Deming, Rick Moody, says Perez is in the protection of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Authorities have reported an increase in drug-related violence in Palomas, where at least four people have been fatally shot in recent weeks. |
| Posted by:Fred |