Gunmen attack state security chief at athletic club in northern Mexico, 6 bodyguards wounded

Published June 05, 2010

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY

MEXICO CITY (AP) — An attack on the top security official in a northern Mexican state has wounded six of his bodyguards, one seriously.

A Durango state spokeswoman say Public Safety Secretary Valentin Romano Lopez escaped harm.

Spokeswoman Carla Puente says armed men attacked Romano on Saturday at an athletic club in the state capital, also called Durango.

State police serving as bodyguards returned fire and repelled the attack. Five officers suffered minor wounds, and one was reported in delicate condition from a gunshot to the abdomen.

Puente says there were no arrests. Police reported finding a vehicle with bullet holes presumably used by the attackers.

Drug violence has killed more than 22,700 people in Mexico since late 2006.

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