Feb 16 2007
Mexico Military, Mafia Murders
Violence linked with organized crime continues in Mexico amid military and police operations, resulting in six people murdered, reported the Republic Attorney General Friday.
The events took place in Chihuahua, Baja California, New Leon, Sinaloa and Michoacan, where army soldiers and the Preventive Federal Police (PFP) are deployed.
The report cites four police victims, five wounded and 10 detained as a result of the shootout in the area around the Mexico del Valle University in Aguas Calientes, considered one of the most peaceful territories in Mexico.
Meanwhile Guerrero s government announced a second step of the federal operation implemented in that area while in Chihuahua capital over 1500 weapons were destroyed, among them grenades and riffles.
Over one thousand soldiers from the PFP and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrived in Guerrero while the Army will work in the more wild areas.
ef abo crc mf – Mexico, Feb 16 (Prensa Latina) – http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B5569BE60-3056-44DB-ADB0-BE582055EE7B%7D)&language=EN
