Posted on 02/07/2008 4:54:14 PM PST by SwinneySwitch
Feb. 1
The body of a female police officer was found in a hotel room in Veracruz state. Police said a message had been written on her chest in lipstick; the contents of the message were not disclosed.
A group of gunmen opened fire on a municipal public security chief and a state police officer in Durango state, killing the police officer.
A commander of the Federal Investigative Agency was found shot to death along a highway near Comitan, Chiapas state.
Feb. 2
One police officer was killed and another was wounded in Merida, Yucatan state, when gunmen opened fire on the two as they were eating at a small restaurant.
The bodies of three men who had been shot to death were found in Torreon, Coahuila state.
A firefight in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, between suspected organized criminal groups ended with two dead and three wounded.
Feb. 3
Authorities in Reynosa, Tamaulipas state, discovered three bodies in an area apparently used by a drug gang to dispose of the remains of its victims. One victim was identified as the cousin of a Mexican congressman.
Three men who had been shot to death were found in Michoacan state. Police said that notes were left with the bodies identifying the killers as belonging to Grupo Tarasco, a gang that has claimed six victims since it appeared Jan. 14. Police said some of the notes warned organized criminal groups not to operate in the state.
Authorities in Guerrero state discovered a body that had been disfigured and bound at the hands. The victim was identified as the 30-year-old son of a government official in the city of Tierra Caliente.
The body of a business owner was found in Reynosa, Tamaulipas state, and had been beaten, bound at the hands and feet and....
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Very interesting. Sounds like it might be vigilantes acting here. Although I disapprove in general of vigilantism, where there is no law enforced, this type of stuff will happen more and more.
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