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Deadly Tijuana Shooting
Published: 9/21/2006 11:01:26 PM


A deadly day in Tijuana, as the assistant police chief is gunned down early Thursday morning.

Arturo Rivas Vaca was found in his police truck on the road from Tijuana to the beaches, his car riddled with bullet holes. Investigators estimate 160 spent bullet casings covering the streets.

Investigators believe two gun opened fire on the chief’s vehicle with assault style weapons. Vaca was able to return fire with a sidearm. During the cross-fire his assistant was struck and killed. Police say a civilian trapped in the blaze of bullets was also hit.

The Secretary of the Municipal Police, Luis Javier Algorri says “In the last couple months we have see how many police officers from different organization have been killed.” One of the Federal Police Investigator says the killings may be tied to the arrest of Javier Arellano Felix by the U.S. D.E.A and Coast Guard in late August.