Who wants Rogaciano Alba dead?
Massacre of Mexican strongman's family breaks all the rules

By Mark Stevenson
ASSOCIATED PRESS

10:38 a.m. May 7, 2008

PETATLAN, Mexico – Somebody wants to kill Rogaciano Alba.
Dozens of gunmen attacked the house of the local political boss, killing his sons and kidnapping his daughter in a weekend rampage that left 17 dead. With Alba in hiding, the motive remains unclear, lost in the tangle of drugs, land disputes and rebellion that lurks amid Mexico's glittering beach resorts.

“If anybody has something against me, let them tell me to my face,â€