Three Tijuana police officers found shot to death
By: Associated Press | ∞
TIJUANA, Mexico -- Gunmen shot and killed three Tijuana police officers in a night of bloody violence just south of the border with California, Mexican officials said Tuesday.
In the first attack, Tijuana District Commander Jose de Jesus Arias Rico and his assistant Elbert Escobedo Marquez were riddled with bullets as they traveled in a private vehicle after finishing their shift late Monday, Baja California prosecutors said in a statement.
Hours later, before dawn Tuesday, another district commander, Margarito Saldana, was shot dead while he slept in his home, Tijuana municipal police said. The man's wife was also killed and his daughter was in critical condition at a local hospital.
The violence came after a car chase and shootout Monday afternoon between municipal police and at least two people who allegedly tried to rob an armored car after it made a cash pickup at a bank. One suspect was killed and another was wounded and taken to a hospital under police custody, municipal police said.
Local media reported that police commanders received threats on their radio signal after the shootout, a common intimidation tactic among gangs of organized criminals.
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CRIME-WARY AMERICANS SHUN POPULAR STRIP OF MEXICAN BEACHES wrote on Jan 15, 2008 8:26 PM:http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2008/01/06/news/sandiego/12_29_171_5_08.txt
The Mexican Press Will Say Little of This wrote on Jan 15, 2008 8:28 PM:But let our Border Patrol fire tear gas to protect themselves and it is a major press incident.
"The number of executed grows" wrote on Jan 15, 2008 8:33 PM:"The number of persons executed during yesterday and this dawn now adds up to 20, in one of the most violent time periods in the country." So far this month, Mexico's total is now 111. SOURCE : El Informador (Guadalajara, Jalisco) 1/15/08
Skip wrote on Jan 15, 2008 8:36 PM:Mexico will not extradite criminals back to the United States if their sentience may involve the death penalty. Meanwhile over 500 people were executed in Mexico by organized crime in just the last few months. Say What?
Marcella wrote on Jan 16, 2008 12:57 AM:This is getting so out of hand! I am so sorry to hear a woman and child lost their lives as well as the men!
Mexico is a corrupt and very dangerous! Everyone stay away and please close that border !
Robert wrote on Jan 16, 2008 12:59 AM:I cringe every time I hear a TJ or Rosarito tourism ad. Those ads should be pulled until they get things under control!
Via wrote on Jan 16, 2008 6:29 AM:LA RAZA!!
Shelley12 wrote on Jan 16, 2008 9:31 AM: I have a question for the North County Times. Why is a story about killings in Mexico put in the catagory with stories in San Diego. Since when is Mexico part of San Diego?
The last time I looked Mexico was a country not part of San Diego.
Bo wrote on Jan 16, 2008 12:59 PM:As is typical for Mexico you can easily identify the honest police officers because they are killed quickly!
To Shelley12 wrote on Jan 16, 2008 1:02 PM:Where do you live? What happens in Tijuana also effects San Diego and vice-versa!
esteban wrote on Jan 16, 2008 1:14 PM:Attention gutless mexican gang punks. You are nothing and a bunch of punks. I dare you to come after me. That's what I thought.
Escondido Reader wrote on Jan 16, 2008 5:35 PM:We seem to be powerless to keep Mexican crime on that side of the border. (Think of the many drug tunnels that have been found over the years. The latest one was quite sophisticated.) What affects "them" is without question going to affect us. I believe our police forces are far less corrupt, but they are just as human and therefore just as easily murdered. I don't know how Mexican gangs can be kept out, but I hope very much that we can find a way.
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