http://www.caller.com/ccct/state_texas_ ... 49,00.html

2 Mexican soldiers shot in Laredo; 1 is killed
By Associated Press
January 13, 2007

NUEVO LAREDO - Gunmen shot and killed a soldier and wounded another one in the outskirts of this violent border city, authorities said Friday.

Army Capt. Agustin Salazar was killed and an unidentified soldier was wounded after being shot while they were riding in a sports utility vehicle near a military checkpoint Wednesday night, Nuevo Laredo police said in a press release. The Mexican army refused to comment.

Nuevo Laredo police and state investigators who responded to the shooting saw a large amount of dollars, assault rifles and a grenade launcher inside the soldiers' car but were unable to investigate further after military personnel ordered them to leave the crime scene, the release said.

Salazar is the fourth person killed in drug-related violence in Nuevo Laredo since the beginning of the year, police said. On Thursday, police found the body of an unidentified man who had been tortured and shot in the head near the city's military barracks, said state investigator Ricardo Mancillas.