6 dead as drug violence hits heart of Acapulco
Associated Press
April 15, 2010, 9:00AM

ACAPULCO, Mexico — Police have identified an alleged hit man arrested on suspicion of taking part in a gunbattle that left six people dead and five wounded during a raging attack on the main boulevard in Acapulco's tourist zone.

A federal police statement released early Thursday said Ernesto Antonio Rocha Reyes, 26, was carrying a high-powered assault rifle when authorities, searching for suspects after the attacks, caught him.

The statement said Reyes is an associate of Texas-born Edgar Valdez Villarreal, nicknamed “La Barbie,â€