Mexican drug gang attacks government intelligence network

International Herald Tribune/AP ^ | September 17, 2007

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MEXICO CITY: A deadly attack on federal intelligence agents in northern Mexico was a botched kidnapping attempt orchestrated by drug traffickers with increasingly advanced counterintelligence capabilities, a state government official said Monday.

Natividad Gonzalez, governor of the northern state of Nuevo Leon, said federal intelligence officers were tipped off that alleged members of Mexico's Gulf drug cartel "wanted to kidnap two or three agents" prior to the attack last Tuesday in the state capital of Monterrey. Two officers were killed and two more wounded in the ensuing shootout.

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"One wonders if it is pertinent for one citizen to acquire legally an assault rifle, but what is out of the question is that one citizen can accumulate 30 or 50 assault rifles or grenades ... and give these Mexican (gangs) tremendous firepower."

One wonders where one can acquire all those assault rifles and grenades, general? /s

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But... But... But... México has such strong gun control laws!