Thread: City Police Open Fire on Federal Law Enforcement Convoy

Jun 12, 2005

City Police Open Fire on Federal Law Enforcement Convoy in Northern Mexico
The Associated Press


MEXICO CITY (AP) - Municipal police in the violence-wracked northern border city of Nuevo Laredo opened fire on a convoy of federal agents sent to bolster security in the area, the Mexican attorney general's office reported Sunday.
One federal agent was severely injured Saturday as more than 40 Nuevo Laredo police intercepted five vehicles carrying members of Mexico's Federal Agency of Investigation.

The convoy's passengers apparently had identified themselves as federal agents, but local police opened fire anyway, the attorney general's office reported. It is not uncommon for Mexican organized crime groups to pose as federal law enforcement officials.

The shooting came three days after the Nuevo Laredo police chief was gunned down within hours of taking office. Located across the U.S. border from Laredo, Texas, Nuevo Laredo is the front line in a bloody turf battle between Mexico's two main drug gangs.

In March, President Vicente Fox sent hundreds of soldiers and federal agents to the border city to restore order.

But the death of police chief Alejandro Dominguez - on top of more than 60 people killed in Nuevo Laredo since January - has renewed security concerns.

U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Tony Garza issued a statement Thursday decrying "the rapidly degenerating situation along the border and the near-lawlessness in some parts."

On Saturday, Special Operations police and federal troops were called in to end the standoff, and at least 40 city police officers were detained and their weapons confiscated.

The convoy was carrying 27 federal agents who had recently arrived at an airport and were traveling to local base of the attorney general's office.

AP-ES-06-12-05 1235EDT

This story can be found at: http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBQG90IV9E.html

the down ward spiral spends faster and faster.

Sixx
you back safe and sound now ??

There was another incident in Satillo (sp), Mexico a few years ago where the state police and the city police engaged eachother in a shootout over who could collect the local drug dealers bribe.

Originally Posted by Charlesoakisland

Sixx
you back safe and sound now ??

Not quite. Just refueled in Jamaica.

OK let us know when you make it back in. be careful out there.