Official: Gunmen shoot at US consulate in Mexico
Oct 13, 3:16 AM EDT
Official: Gunmen shoot at US consulate in Mexico
By MARK WALSH
Associated Press Writer
MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) -- Assailants opened fire on the U.S. consulate in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey, a Mexican official said.
Nobody was injured in Sunday's shooting. Shell casings were found outside the consulate, but there were no witnesses to the attack and no one was in custody, said a spokeswoman for the Attorney General's office who was not authorized to give her name.
The spokeswoman had no further details.
Mexican media reported that one man opened fire on the consulate and another man threw a grenade that failed to explode. El Universal newspaper, citing a U.S. Embassy statement, said the attack happened before dawn Sunday. The newspaper said the consulate planned to increase security.
Embassy officials could not be reached for comment early Monday.
Also Sunday, two grenades were thrown at the state Public Safety office in the western city of Guadalajara. Genaro Pacheco, the Public Safety spokesman, said the explosion injured two civilians outside the offices but guards inside were unharmed.
The explosion shattered windows of the office, a furniture store across the street and an empty passenger bus.
It was the second grenade attack against the Public Safety office in less than six months. The first attack killed a policeman and injured another in June. Four former soldiers were arrested in the June attack.
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91 Killed In Tijuana Since Oct. 26th.
Oct 12, 10:39 PM EDT
91 Killed In Tijuana Since Oct. 26th.
Gunmen kill 6 at party in northern Mexico
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) -- Gunmen killed six young men at a family party in the gang-plagued Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, prosecutors said Sunday.
The men, ages 20 to 25, were killed during a party in a house, said Alejandro Pariente, a spokesman for the regional attorney general's office. The motive for the attack was unknown.
At least 1,000 people have been killed this year in Ciudad Juarez, a city across from El Paso, Texas. Many of the deaths were attributed to warring drug gangs.
In the border city of Tijuana, across the border from San Diego, federal police announced the arrest of seven reputed members of a cell of the Arellano Felix drug cartel, including a city police officer.
The suspects holed up in a Tijuana house Saturday and opened fire on police, the Public Safety Department said in a news release. Local news media reported that neighboring homes were evacuated and police apparently used tear gas to flush out the gunmen.
The officers seized 21 assault rifles, 4,000 rounds of ammunition and body armor in the raid.
Authorities reported on Friday that 91 people have been killed throughout Tijuana in a wave of gangland homicides since Sept. 26.
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Tijuana war hits tourist zone
Tijuana war hits tourist zone
A group of gunmen kill two diners and a waiter at a Tijuana restaurant in the tourist district of the Rio Zone on Sunday evening. Three others are injured in the hail of bullets.
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