Drug gangs kill mayor in western Mexico





REUTERS

9:27 a.m. June 2, 2008

MEXICO CITY – Suspected drug gang hitmen shot dead a mayor in western Mexico as he drove back from a day out with his family, the latest politician to die in Mexico's drug war, a state attorney general's office said Monday.
Gunmen caught up to Mayor Marcelo Ibarra on a highway and shot him in the head Sunday night as he was returning to his hometown of Villa Madero in Michoacan state, a key front in the government's army-led war against drug cartels.



Advertisement“We believe this was linked to drug gangs, they were pursuing him,â€