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Acting head of Mexico's federal police killed in capital
Houston Chronicle/AP ^ | May 8, 2008 | E. EDUARDO CASTILLO

Posted on 05/08/2008 10:06:31 AM PDT by SwinneySwitch

MEXICO CITY — An official says the acting chief of Mexico's federal police has been shot dead.

The Public Safety Department says Edgar Millan Gomez was shot 10 times and died hours later in a Mexico City hospital. Two of his bodyguards were wounded.

A police official who is not authorized to give his name says Millan Gomez had been temporarily heading the federal police for a month.

Police have arrested a suspect but have not determined a motive for the pre-dawn attack Thursday. The official said police were investigating possible drug links.

UPDATE:

Acting head of Mexico’s federal police killed in capital

MEXICO CITY — The acting chief of Mexico’s federal police was shot dead early Thursday outside his home in the capital.

The Public Safety Department said Edgar Millan Gomez was shot 10 times and died hours later in a hospital. Two of his bodyguards were wounded.

A police official, who was not authorized to give his name, said Millan had been temporarily heading the federal police since his superior was promoted to a deputy Cabinet position on March 1.

Police have arrested a suspect with a record of car theft but have not yet determined a motive for the pre-dawn attack Thursday. The official said police were investigating possible drug links.

Mexico has suffered a wave of organized crime and drug-related violence in which more than 2,500 people died last year alone.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Mexico; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; banglist; border; corruption; drugs; edgarmillangomez; immigration; leo; mexico; officerdown; police; ssp; wod
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1 posted on 05/08/2008 10:06:32 AM PDT by SwinneySwitch
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To: SwinneySwitch

“The official said police were investigating possible drug links.”

Ya think?


2 posted on 05/08/2008 10:07:15 AM PDT by Slapshot68
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To: SwinneySwitch

Mexici City is a quagmire.

We need to withdraw...immediately!


3 posted on 05/08/2008 10:09:28 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

That should say

Mexico City is...yada, yada


4 posted on 05/08/2008 10:10:28 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel
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To: SwinneySwitch

Just like Columbia during the reign of Pablo Escobar.


5 posted on 05/08/2008 10:10:31 AM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

Soon, coming to America or San Diego State!


6 posted on 05/08/2008 10:10:56 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus (( commander of the simian host))
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To: Slapshot68

The official said police were investigating possible drug links.....

Paging Captain Obvious!...Paging Captain Obvious!...


7 posted on 05/08/2008 10:11:17 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

Pull the Mexican Army out of Mexico — NOW!!!!


8 posted on 05/08/2008 10:11:25 AM PDT by Levante
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To: SwinneySwitch; All

“Police have arrested a suspect but have not determined a motive for the pre-dawn attack Thursday. The official said police were investigating possible drug links.”

Nah? Drugs? Ya think???

Well, at least they didn’t behead this one and throw it on a dance floor. Mexico is becoming more civilized.....oh, yeah, all their criminals are HERE!


9 posted on 05/08/2008 10:15:10 AM PDT by AuntB (Vote Obama! ..........Because it's hard to blame 'the man' when you are the 'man'.... Wanda Sikes)
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To: SwinneySwitch

A Mexican police official has a shorter life expectancy than an Al Qaeda #2.


10 posted on 05/08/2008 10:18:13 AM PDT by John Jorsett (scam never sleeps)
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To: SwinneySwitch

Were those guns from Arizona?


11 posted on 05/08/2008 10:18:33 AM PDT by Wavrnr10
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To: Wavrnr10

Update:

Acting head of Mexico’s federal police killed in capital
By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO – 29 minutes ago

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The acting chief of Mexico’s federal police was shot dead early Thursday outside his home in the capital.

The Public Safety Department said Edgar Millan Gomez was shot 10 times and died hours later in a hospital. Two of his bodyguards were wounded.

A police official, who was not authorized to give his name, said Millan had been temporarily heading the federal police since his superior was promoted to a deputy Cabinet position on March 1.

Police have arrested a suspect with a record of car theft but have not yet determined a motive for the pre-dawn attack Thursday. The official said police were investigating possible drug links.

Mexico has suffered a wave of organized crime and drug-related violence in which more than 2,500 people died last year alone.

Millan was in charge of coordinating drug operations with the military. Since taking office in 2006, President Felipe Calderon has sent more than 24,000 troops to drug hotspots. Cartels have lashed back, killing soldiers and federal police.

Millan was the second top federal police official killed in less than a week in Mexico City. A Mexican federal police intelligence analyst was killed on May 2 in an apparent armed robbery attempt outside his home.

In January, police in Mexico City arrested three men armed with assault rifles and grenade launchers who were allegedly planning to assassinate Jose Luis Santiago Vasconcelos, a top prosecutor who oversees the extradition of drug traffickers.

Calderon condemned the attack on Millan.

“The government of Mexico expresses its deepest sympathy in light of this cowardly killing of an exemplary official, committed to the safety of Mexican families,” Calderon’s office said in a statement.

Millan helped capture one of Mexico’s most feared kidnappers, Andres Caletri, in 2000, and helped disband two notorious abduction rings. In 2001, he was named head of anti-kidnapping operations for the Federal Agency of Investigation, Mexico’s version of the FBI.


12 posted on 05/08/2008 10:25:36 AM PDT by SwinneySwitch (US Constitution Article 4 Section 4..shall protect each of them against Invasion...domestic Violence)
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To: Levante
"Pull the Mexican Army out of Mexico — NOW!!!!"

Think again. The super geniuses in Washington want to send these gangsters 500 million dollars to "combat the drug problem". What a bunch of Doofuses!

13 posted on 05/08/2008 10:28:00 AM PDT by Desron13 (If you constantly vote between the lesser of two evils then evil is your ultimate destination.)
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To: Slapshot68

Shut ma mouth...drugs, you say?


14 posted on 05/08/2008 10:35:41 AM PDT by B.O. Plenty (Give war a chance......)
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To: SwinneySwitch
This is the guy that the character of Manzano was based on in Man On Fire.
15 posted on 05/08/2008 10:41:35 AM PDT by wideawake (Why is it that those who call themselves Constitutionalists know the least about the Constitution?)
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To: SwinneySwitch
Mexico desperately needs to bring back the death penalty. Declare marshal law. Start putting drug dealers in front of firing squads.

That way the drug lords will leave the country via the porous border to the north, be granted amnesty by John McCain, and set up business in Chicago to become part of Obama's support organization. They can then get free medical care and Social Security checks.

16 posted on 05/08/2008 10:45:04 AM PDT by Ben Mugged (Success begets knowledge; failure begets wisdom.)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

“We need to withdraw...immediately!”

Withdraw? We’re going to send them $1.5 billion to fight the drug war.


17 posted on 05/08/2008 10:51:35 AM PDT by dljordan
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To: wideawake
Do you mean literally that guy or a guy who had that position?

Great movie BTW.

18 posted on 05/08/2008 10:57:33 AM PDT by TigersEye (Berlin 1936. Olympics for murdering regimes. Beijing 2008.)
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To: SwinneySwitch

The good news is Mexico City is getting cleaned up because all of the dirtbags are moving NORTH over the border....sarcasm...


19 posted on 05/08/2008 11:18:31 AM PDT by oust the louse (Terrorists are salivating over a Clinton or Obama White House.)
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To: wideawake

Notimex/Univision

Edgar Millán Gómez

20 posted on 05/08/2008 11:21:35 AM PDT by SwinneySwitch (US Constitution Article 4 Section 4..shall protect each of them against Invasion...domestic Violence)
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