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Bomb was assassination plot, Mexico City authorities say
Los Angeles Times ^ | February 20, 2008 | Héctor Tobar

Posted on 02/20/2008 3:01:06 PM PST by SwinneySwitch

The blast last week is believed to have been a failed attempt to kill a top police official. Drug traffickers are suspected.

MEXICO CITY -- Authorities on Tuesday accused drug traffickers of attempting to kill a top Mexico City police official last week by blowing up his car, a botched assassination that left the bomber dead.

The unfolding mystery of the attack, which also left a suspected accomplice severely wounded, has fascinated Mexicans for days. Investigators have used surveillance video and forensic anthropology to reconstruct the plot.

"The investigation is very advanced; we know the target was a high official of the Public Safety Ministry," Mayor Marcelo Ebrard said, referring to the agency that oversees police here. "We will not allow them to intimidate us."

The bomber accidentally set off the device Friday afternoon on Chapultepec Avenue near the Zona Rosa, the city's central tourist district. He was about 300 yards from his target: the police official's car, which was parked in the lot near the city's police headquarters.

The device, made of the plastic explosive C-4, blew off both of the bomber's hands and part of one leg, and shook much of the city center, breaking windows.

"When I heard the explosion, I grabbed my grandson and ran," said Lourdes Trejo, 50, whose nearby apartment building was evacuated. "These people have no heart. How can they do these things that can hurt so many people?"

Investigators have declined to name the official who was being targeted. El Universal newspaper reported Tuesday that the target was Luis Rosales Gamboa, a deputy chief said to be responsible for several large busts and weapons seizures that have hit hard at the Sinaloa drug trafficking cartel and its interests in Mexico City.

On Feb. 13, Mexico City police seized a large weapons cache....

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Mexico; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: assassinationplot; corruption; mexico; terrorism
"Meza Campos may have been under the influence of drugs at the time of the failed attack. The bomb exploded in his hands."
1 posted on 02/20/2008 3:01:08 PM PST by SwinneySwitch
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To: SwinneySwitch

Just got back from Mexico. A socialist nightmare from hell country, absolutely the pits.

If I were a Mexican living under that government, I would be wading across the Rio Grande tomarrow morning.


2 posted on 02/20/2008 3:04:14 PM PST by FormerACLUmember (When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.)
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To: SwinneySwitch

I’m hoping there is technology which sets off these bombs automatically. And that is being used.


3 posted on 02/20/2008 3:04:35 PM PST by i_dont_chat (Your choice if you take offense.)
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To: SwinneySwitch

Hey Mexico, why don’t you readopt the death penalty?


4 posted on 02/20/2008 3:04:46 PM PST by Brilliant
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To: i_dont_chat

Shhhh.


5 posted on 02/20/2008 3:07:32 PM PST by SwinneySwitch (US Constitution Article 4 Section 4..shall protect each of them against Invasion...domestic Violence)
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To: SwinneySwitch

I’m guessing the one planting the bomb was not the sharpest knife in the drawer. Darwin award winner?


6 posted on 02/20/2008 3:08:05 PM PST by SoldierDad (Proud Dad of a 2nd BCT 10th Mountain Soldier home after 15 months in the Triangle of death)
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To: Brilliant

No need. They just kill them in the streets there.


7 posted on 02/20/2008 3:09:27 PM PST by SoldierDad (Proud Dad of a 2nd BCT 10th Mountain Soldier home after 15 months in the Triangle of death)
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To: Tennessee_Bob; cspackler; ECM; STOCKHRSE; LET LOOSE THE DOGS OF WAR; King_Corey; BeckB; Brucifer; ..

¡La bomba ping!

If you want on, or off this S. Texas/Mexico ping list, please FReepMail me.


8 posted on 02/20/2008 3:41:11 PM PST by SwinneySwitch (US Constitution Article 4 Section 4..shall protect each of them against Invasion...domestic Violence)
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To: FormerACLUmember

Where in Mexico did you go? Parts of it are great. A lot of it is horrifying. I think the only way to get the illegal aliens out of California is to give it back to Mexico. They will all on be on the bus to Nevada in three minutes.


9 posted on 02/20/2008 8:04:33 PM PST by 3AngelaD (They screwed up their own countries so bad they had to leave, and now they're here screwing up ours)
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To: SoldierDad

More like instant karma.


10 posted on 02/20/2008 8:06:02 PM PST by 3AngelaD (They screwed up their own countries so bad they had to leave, and now they're here screwing up ours)
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To: 3AngelaD

LOL. Good point.


11 posted on 02/20/2008 8:09:54 PM PST by SoldierDad (Proud Dad of a 2nd BCT 10th Mountain Soldier home after 15 months in the Triangle of death)
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