Police officer in Cananea, Sonora, shot and killed

By Jonathan Clark
Herald/Review

BISBEE — A police officer in Cananea, Sonora, was shot and killed on Tuesday in the latest violent attack against law enforcement officials in the Mexican border state.

According to media reports, Aldo Guzman, 34, an officer with the Cananea municipal police force, died at approximately noon Tuesday after being shot in his patrol car.

The Mexican news agency Notimex reported that he was shot 10 times, while the state’s largest daily, the Hermosillo-based El Imparcial, said he was shot three times.

Both sources said Guzman was killed by 5.7-caliber bullets that were able to penetrate his protective vest.

On Feb. 26, the head of public safety in Agua Prieta, Sonora, Ramon Tacho Verdugo, was shot and killed by a group of unknown assailants as he left his office.

He was also killed by 5.7-caliber bullets, reportedly fired from a Belgian-made FN Herstal 5.7 USG, a submachine gun known in Mexico as a “mata-policias,” or “police-killer.”