Notimex/Univision
Edgar Millán Gómez
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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“The official said police were investigating possible drug links.”
Ya think?
Mexici City is a quagmire.
We need to withdraw...immediately!
That should say
Mexico City is...yada, yada
Just like Columbia during the reign of Pablo Escobar.
Soon, coming to America or San Diego State!
The official said police were investigating possible drug links.....
Paging Captain Obvious!...Paging Captain Obvious!...
Pull the Mexican Army out of Mexico — NOW!!!!
“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!
A Mexican police official has a shorter life expectancy than an Al Qaeda #2.
Were those guns from Arizona?
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.
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!
Shut ma mouth...drugs, you say?
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.
“We need to withdraw...immediately!”
Withdraw? We’re going to send them $1.5 billion to fight the drug war.
Great movie BTW.
The good news is Mexico City is getting cleaned up because all of the dirtbags are moving NORTH over the border....sarcasm...
Edgar Millán Gómez
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