The Campestre abduction follows weeks of unusually high levels of violence in the city. In the first four months of this year, Tijuana recorded 163 homicides, which amounts to nearly half of last year's total of 355. In April alone, there were 55 homicides, compared with 18 in April 2004, according to the attorney general's office. In that assasination of the Automobile Theft Division head, over 50 bullet casings were recovered from the scene.
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