And this one from the other day
Troops wage 5-hour gunbattle with Tijuana kidnap-ring suspects
By Sandra Dibble
SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
9:46 p.m. March 3, 2008
TIJUANA – A gunbattle between federal troops and members of a suspected kidnapping ring sent residents of a well-to-do neighborhood diving for cover late Sunday and early Monday for more than five hours.
One person died inside a house, where soldiers found an arsenal that included rifles, shotguns, handguns and ammunition and bulletproof vests, ski masks and uniforms with the insignia of various Mexican police agencies. They also found a blue jacket labeled “ICE,” the acronym for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The shooting started when the suspects, barricaded inside the house, began shooting at a group of soldiers patrolling the area, army Col. Sergio Lopez said in a statement Monday evening.
The confrontation was the second extended shootout this year in a residential neighborhood in Tijuana. Soldiers and federal, state and municipal police engaged in a three-hour battle Jan. 17 with men inside a house in the La Mesa district.
The region has suffered a spike in violence in recent weeks, as municipal, state and federal officials have joined against organized crime, and the Mexican military has been taking an increasingly visible role.
The latest shootout shattered the calm of the hillside neighborhood in eastern Tijuana known as Villa Floresta. Residents on the street Calle Jicama said the shooting began about 10 p.m. and ended before daybreak.....
Spring break coming up, I hope non of our kids on vacation get hurt down in that third world hole...