Thread: Acting head of Mexico's federal police killed in capital

Acting head of Mexico's federal police killed in capital By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO, Associated Press Writer
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MEXICO CITY - The acting chief of Mexico's federal police was shot dead early Thursday outside his home in the capital.



The Public Safety Department said Edgar Millan Gomez was shot 10 times and died hours later in a hospital. Two of his bodyguards were wounded.

A police official, who was not authorized to give his name, said Millan had been temporarily heading the federal police since his superior was promoted to a deputy Cabinet position on March 1.

Police have arrested a suspect with a record of car theft but have not yet determined a motive for the pre-dawn attack Thursday. The official said police were investigating possible drug links.

Mexico has suffered a wave of organized crime and drug-related violence in which more than 2,500 people died last year alone.

Millan was in charge of coordinating drug operations with the military. Since taking office in 2006, President Felipe Calderon has sent more than 24,000 troops to drug hotspots. Cartels have lashed back, killing soldiers and federal police.

Millan was the second top federal police official killed in less than a week in Mexico City. A Mexican federal police intelligence analyst was killed on May 2 in an apparent armed robbery attempt outside his home.

In January, police in Mexico City arrested three men armed with assault rifles and grenade launchers who were allegedly planning to assassinate Jose Luis Santiago Vasconcelos, a top prosecutor who oversees the extradition of drug traffickers.

Calderon condemned the attack on Millan.

"The government of Mexico expresses its deepest sympathy in light of this cowardly killing of an exemplary official, committed to the safety of Mexican families," Calderon's office said in a statement.

Millan helped capture one of Mexico's most feared kidnappers, Andres Caletri, in 2000, and helped disband two notorious abduction rings. In 2001, he was named head of anti-kidnapping operations for the Federal Agency of Investigation, Mexico's version of the FBI.

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The violence of our neighboring narco-state never seems to end...

Bush wants to give mexico $500,000,000 and the New Mexico governor "certifies" mexico and the Border Secure. Senator McCAMNESTY must be PROUD!

Wow! This high level assassination in Mexico is the same as if they murdered Michael Chertoff here in the US!

The US should help Mexico by securing the border and arresting the human and drug traffickers we intercept instead of Catching and just Releasing them as we do now under Bush and Chertoff.

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These Cartels in Mexico certainly know no bounds in bloodshed . I'ld be guessing Calderon isn't going outside for a while . Who knows who's next?

These guys are in the process of taking their act on the road or across the Border with the Help of "our" Elitist Politicians and their Elitist Special Interest Groups.

Bush and our Elitist Politcians need to send "our" $500,000,000 to our Border Law Enforcement officials!

These are the same cartels that were running weapons out of a Phoenix AZ gun store and trafficing them to Mexico...

Acting Mexican police chief killed

Posted on Thu, May. 08, 2008

By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO
Associated Press Writer



Alexandre Meneghini / AP Photo
Federal police officers patrol the entrance to the hospital where Mexico's acting Federal Police Chief Edgar Millan Gomez died after being shot outside his home by unknown assailants in Mexico City, Thursday, May 8, 2008. The Public Safety Department said Edgar Millan Gomez was shot 10 times and died hours later in a hospital. Two of his bodyguards were wounded.

MEXICO CITY -- Mexico's acting federal police chief was shot dead Thursday outside his home - a brazen attack that comes as drug traffickers increasingly lash back at a nationwide crackdown on organized crime.

Edgar Millan Gomez was shot 10 times after he opened the door to his Mexico City apartment complex, where at least one gunman was waiting for him before dawn, the Public Safety Department said. Two bodyguards were also wounded. Millan died hours later in a hospital.

President Felipe Calderon's government said Millan played a vital role in the country's battle against organized crime and denounced "this cowardly killing of an exemplary official."

Millan, 41, was named acting chief of the federal police March 1 after his superior was promoted to a deputy Cabinet position, said a police official who was not authorized to give his name.

The official said police were investigating and had not yet determined a motive for the pre-dawn attack. One suspect with a record of car theft was arrested.

Mexico has suffered a wave of organized crime and drug-related violence in which more than 2,500 people died last year alone.

Since taking office in 2006, Calderon has sent more than 24,000 soldiers to drug hotspots, and Millan was in charge of coordinating operations between the federal police and those troops.

Cartels have responded fiercely to the nationwide offensive, killing soldiers and federal police in unprecedented attacks. But until recently, most of those killings took place in northern Mexico where drug gangs rule large areas of territory. Now criminals appear to be getting more brash with daring slayings in the capital.

George Grayson, a Mexico expert at the College of William & Mary in Virginia, said Millan's death "shows the increasing audacity of the cartels."

"This happened in Mexico City where people like Millan tend to be quite cautious, often sleeping in different houses on different nights, and who have their own security patrols," he said. "When you can get someone like this, no one is safe."

Millan was the second top federal police official killed in less than a week in Mexico City. A Mexican federal police intelligence analyst was killed on May 2 in an apparent armed robbery attempt outside his home.

In January, police in Mexico City arrested three men with assault rifles and grenade launchers who were allegedly planning to assassinate Jose Luis Santiago Vasconcelos, a top prosecutor who oversees the extradition of drug traffickers.

Millan was involved in solving a number of high-profiling kidnappings.

In 2000, he helped capture one of Mexico's most feared kidnappers, Andres Caletri, and disband two notorious abduction rings. In 2001, he was named head of anti-kidnapping operations for the Federal Agency of Investigation, Mexico's version of the FBI.

Under his direction, agents captured five suspects involved in the abduction of Ruben Omar Romano, the coach of Mexico's Cruz Azul soccer team in 2005.

Associated Press writer Julie Watson in Mexico City contributed to this report.

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Drug traffickers' hitmen kill top Mexico policeman

By Anahi Rama
REUTERS

1:13 p.m. May 8, 2008

MEXICO CITY, – Drug hitmen, one wielding a pistol with a silencer, shot dead one of Mexico's top federal police officers at his home Thursday, in a blow to President Felipe Calderón's fight against cartels.


Associated Press


[b]Three gunmen waited for regional commissioner Edgar Millan at his house in the capital and shot him nine times as he came home early Thursday morning and opened the door from the street, government officials said.

“They were hunting him,â€

I remember reading that the drug cartels have killed somewhere around 19 local police chiefs over the last year, but this time they got the big fish!

The drug cartel battles are all about turf...and the big prize is the streets of L.A....ground zero for the cartels. The cowardly Police Chief in L.A., William Bratton, doesn't have a thing to worry about...the cartels control the gangs, and Bratton (and Villar) have rolled out the red carpet for them. More cake and ice cream, guys? Need more money? We'll get the taxpayers to give you whatever you need!