Mexican police officers detained over shooting of U.S. diplomatic vehicle

cnn.com ^ | August. 28, 2012

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(CNN) -- A Mexican judge has ordered the detention of 12 federal police officers accused of opening fire on a U.S. diplomatic vehicle south of the capital last week.

Under the judge's order, the officers will be held for 30 days, Jose Luis Manjarrez, a spokesman for the Mexican Attorney-General's Office, said Monday. They will be transferred to Mexico City from the state of Morelos, where they are being held, he said.

The 12 officers are under investigation in relation to five charges, including attempted murder, according to one of their lawyers, Marco Aurelio Gonzalez.

Following the shooting incident Friday, two U.S. Embassy employees, described by a senior U.S. government official as U.S. citizens, were taken to a hospital with nonlife-threatening wounds. A member of the Mexican Navy who was with them in the vehicle suffered light bruises, according to a statement from the Mexican Navy.

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This was a complete mis-understanding.

The Sinaloa Cartel International Union (SCIU) workers, who are under contract to the Mexican Police, were told to shoot any gringo military types that crossed the border, because the cartel is establishing a SMUGGLING ZONE on both sides of the border. Obama has given them the border with Arizona, and they will control EVERYTHING that crosses.

There aren’t supposed to be ANY military from the US crossing the border, and the appearance of any is fair game.

However, this was a diplomatic convoy, and these pistoleros are young, and un-educated, and often drug-fueled. Don’t worry. The Mexican Government will slap their wrists and put them back to work after the ‘official’ furor dies down.

After all, the roads must roll or Mama don’t get a new dress.