Posted on 11/03/2008 9:15:54 AM PST by SwinneySwitch
10 suspects have been arrested in the 3-day string of drug gang attacks
TOLUCA, MEXICO — Eleven policemen have been shot to death near Mexico City in a three-day string of drug-gang attacks, prosecutors said Sunday.
Mexico State prosecutor Alberto Bazbaz said 10 suspects believed linked to drug gangs have been arrested in the killings, which mainly occurred on highways and at police checkpoints in the state that loops around Mexico's capital. Some of the suspects were carrying rifles and grenades at the time of their arrest.
Bazbaz said that many of the suspects were from the neighboring state of Michoacan, a hotbed of drug violence dominated by a drug gang known as "The Family."
But he said evidence indicates that low-level traffickers and criminals, rather than organized cartel hit squads, were responsible for the attacks.
It was not clear if the killings were part of a coordinated plan.
On Saturday, unidentified people strung a series of drug cartel messages on banners along roadsides in the Pacific coast resorts of Acapulco and Zihuatanejo. The messages appeared to have been written by the Zetas and accused federal officials of protecting a rival cartel.
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CARTEL'S ALLEGED LEADER ARRESTED
Police in Mexico have arrested a man they describe as the leader of the violent Gulf drug cartel in the border city of Reynosa, across from McAllen(,Texas). Federal police said in a statement Saturday that Antonio Galarza was arrested in the northern city of Monterrey on suspicion of weapons violations and money laundering. Reynosa is a major shipping point for cocaine heading to the U.S. market, and is dominated by the violent hit squad known the Zetas.
RIP.
Zetas ping!
If you want on, or off this S. Texas/Mexico ping list, please FReepMail me.
And this is one of the major reasons that I have steadfastly refused to visit any part of Mexico. The violent war with the drug cartels both in Mexico and now spreading across the border is bad for innocent tourists.
Everyday occurrence in Mexico now.
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