News From the Border: Gunmen in Mexico Kill Naval Bodyguard

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Providing the news from a different front but from a war that we must win as well! I recognize the poverty and desperate conditions that many Latinos live in. We, as the USA, have a responsibility to do as much as we can to reach out to aid and assist spiritually with the Gospel and naturally with training, technology and resources. But poverty gives no one the right to break the laws of another sovereign nation.

Friday, May 11, 2007

Gunmen in Mexico Kill Naval Bodyguard

By NATALIA PARRA
Associated Press Writer

ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) -- Gunmen opened fire on a naval commander in the Pacific resort city of Ixtapa and killed his bodyguard amid increasing attacks on the Mexican military by suspected drug traffickers.

The navy secretary said in a release Thursday that several sailors were traveling in a vehicle with their commander when four gunmen in two vehicles cut them off and riddled the car with bullets at around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday in the hotel zone of city, about 155 miles north of Acapulco.

The commander's bodyguard, Francisco Javier Sanchez, was killed and two others were wounded in the attack, which took place near the commander's residence, the release said.

The assailants fled, and no arrests were made.

Drug gangs have increasingly attacked the military in recent weeks during a nationwide crackdown on organized crime.

Labels: Drug Cartels, Mexican Society