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Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Tijuana: Shootings target police, families

6 killed, 5 injured in three incidents
By Sandra Dibble
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
January 16, 2008

TIJUANA – A high-ranking police commander, his wife and his 11-year-old daughter were among six people killed in a burst of overnight violence in Tijuana that has left residents shaken and law enforcement officials vowing to fight harder than ever against organized crime.

The killings occurred in three parts of the city over six hours late Monday and early yesterday. By the time the violence was over, heavily armed men also had killed two other Tijuana police officers and a civilian, and wounded three adults, a 4-year-old girl and a 3-year-old boy.

It remained unclear yesterday whether the shootings were linked.

The fact that children were shot has raised fears that violence has reached new levels in this city plagued by drug-related bloodshed. While law enforcement officials have been targeted, their families have largely been spared.

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