Coming to a Police. Sheriff, or State Law Enforcement briefing station near you soon.
June 14, 2010....10 Mexican police officers were ambushed and killed yesterday near the city of Zitacuaro, Mexico. 10 Law Enforcement officers in one day, think about that for a moment 10 officers in one day. Mark my words, If we don’t get our arms around this border problem—and I mean soon, what you see to the left will be a common-place sight right where you live.
A few weeks ago I finished a project. For a six month period I worked on a study of what was/is occurring to Law Enforcement officers just south of us. From August of 2009 until March of 2010 I culled the newspapers throughout Mexico for news stories on the murder of police officers. What you read below is what I learned—though I don’t think that it is complete—probably close, but none-the-less incomplete.
1. EL DIARIO (CHIHUAHUA CITY, CHIHUAHUA) 03/09/2010
Deaths of journalists in Mexico are alarming
The United Nations expressed concern over the deaths of journalists in 30 nations, including Mexico. Mexico ranks third in the number of journalist murders. Murders are just the “tip of the iceberg” among the threats to reporters in Mexico. [Editor’s note: The article didn’t mention who is quoted.]
Of the 227 journalists assassinated around the world in 2006, 31 died in Latin America and 15 in Mexico, according to UNESCO. Most of them did not die in war but in nations where news about narcotics traffic, human rights violations and public corruption carry a high risk of death. “In the majority of these cases, no one was brought to justice”, according to the study by UNESCO.
2. LA JORNADA (Mexico City) 3/9/10
MAZATLAN, SINALOA – 4 POLICE OFFICERS & 1 POLICE CHIEF KILLED BY GUNFIRE
3.EL SOL de MEXICO (MORELIA, MICHOACAN) 03/06/2010
MORELIA, MICHOACAN – 1 POLICE CHIEF & 4 POLICE OFFICERS KILLED BY GUNFIRE
4. NOTIMEX (NUEVO, LEON) 03/06/2010
COLONIA HACIENDA LOS MORALES, NUEVO, LEON – 3 POLICE OFFICERS WERE KILLED BY GUNFIRE
5. EL DEBATE (CULIACAN, SINOLA) 03/032010
SINOLA STATE – 8 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS KILLED DURING THE PAST MONTH
6. EXCELSIOR (MEXICO CITY) 03/02/2010
PERATLAN [STATE UNKNOWN] – CHIEF OF [TOURIST] POLICE KILLED IN HIS HOME BY HEAVLY ARMED GUNMEN – HE WAS HIT OVER 50 TIMES BY AK47 BULLETS
7. EL DIARO (CIUDAD JUAREZ, CHIHUAHUA) 02/25/2010
CHIHUAHUA, CHIHUAHUA – COORDINATOR (READ CHIEF) OF THE CHIHUAHUA MUNICIPAL POLICE KILLED BY GUNFIRE WHILE TAKING HIS SON TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE SCHOOL IN NAMED AFTER A FORMER CHIEF OF POLICE – HIMSELF MURDERED A COUPLE OF YEARS PRIOR.)
8. LA CRONICA de HOY (MEXICO CITY) 02/23/2010
CIUDAD MIER, TAMAULIPAS – 10 POLICE OFFICERS [ATTENDING BRIEFING] KIDNAPPED AT GUN POINT – FATE UNKNOWN – LATER ALL WERE FOUND DEAD AFTER EXTREME TORTURE
9. EL INFORMADOR (GUADALAJARA, JALISCO) 02/23/2010
CHOIX, SINALOA – MEXICAN ARMY HELICOPTER PILOT WOUNDED BY GUNFIRE – MISSION ABORTED
10. EL INFORMADOR (GUADALAJARA, JALISCO) 02/23/2010
VICENTE, CAMALOTE – 5 POLICE OFFICERS KILLED BY GUNFIRE
11. EL DIARO (CIUDAD JUAREZ, CHIHUAHUA) 02/18/2010
GUADALUPE y DALVO, CHIHUAHUA – MAYOR ASSIGNATED – DIRECTOR OF THE CHIHUAHUA STATE PRISONS KILLED & CHIEF OF POLICE OF GUADALUPE SERIOUSLY WOUNDED
BABORIGAME, CHIHUAHUA – 3 POLICE OFFICERS KILLED BY GUNFIRE
12. EL IMPARCIAL (HERMOSILLO, SONORA) 02/17/2010
MEZQUITAL, SONORA – 2 POLICE OFFICERS KILLED EACH IN SEPARATE ATTACKS ON THEIR HOMES.VICENTE GUERRERO, SONORA – 1 POLICE OFFICER KILLED IN AN ATTACK ON A POLICE STATION & 1 OFFICER KIDNAPPED FROM THE STREET, LATER FOUND TORTURED AND DEAD
13. EL DABATE (CULIACAN, SINALOA) 02/16/2010
ESCUINAPA, SINALOA – AN UNKNOWN NUMBER [PERHAPS 6] OF POLICE OFFICERS WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN KIDNAPPED WERE FOUND DEAD,1 POLICE OFFICER KILLED BY GUNFIRE,1 MUNICIPAL AGENT KILLED BY GUNFIRE
14. LA CRONICA de HOY (MEXICO CITY) 02/02/2010
SALAMANCA, GUANAJUATO – RESPONDING TO A ‘ROBBERY IN PROGRESS’ 2 POLICE OFFICERS WERE KILLED BY GUNFIRE – 3 MORE POLICE OFFICERS WERE KILLED BY HAND GRENADES DURING A PURSUIT – 5 MORE POLICE OFFICERS WERE KILLED IN AN AMBUSH FOLLOWING A RENEWED PURSUIT. THE CRIMINALS BELIEVED TO BE LOS ZETAS. DUE TO THEIR TATICTS THE ATTACKERS EVENTUALLY GOT AWAY, APPARENTLY UNHARMED
15. EL SIGLO de TORREON (TORREON, COAHUILA) 02/02/2010
TORREON, COAHUILA – FOLLOWING A HIGH-SPEED CHASE AND AMBUSH BY UNKNOWN GUNMEN 1 POLICE OFFICER WAS KILLED BY GUNFIRE AND 3 POLICE OFFICERS KILLED BY HAND GRENADES
16. EL UNIVERSAL (MEXICO CITY) 01/31/2010
NAVOLATO, SINOLA – 1 FEDERAL AGENT KILLED BY GUNFIRE [4 INNOCENT FEMALES PASSING BY IN AN AUTOMOBILE WERE ALSO KILLED]
17. CAMBIO de MICHOACIAN (MORELIA, MICHOACAN) 01/28/2010
QUIROGA, MICHOACIAN – 1 POLICE CHIEF & 2 OFFICERS KILLED BY GUNFIRE
18. NORTE (CIUDAD JUAREZ, CHIHUAHUA) 01/27/2010
CIUDAD JUAREZ – THE CAPTAIN OF THE STATE PRISONS JAIL GUARDS WAS FOUND KILLED BY GUNFIRE
19. FRONTERA (TIJUANA, BAJA CALIFORNIA) 01/23/2010
VERACRUZ CITY, VERACRUZ – THE DECAPITATED AND DISMEMBERED BODY OF NAYELI REYES SANTOS, OFFICIAL SECRETARY OF THE MEXICAN FEDERAL JUDICIARY WAS FOUND TODAY WITH A NARCO MESSAGE ATTACHED TO HER CHEST – THE MESSAGE WAS SIGNED LOS ZETAS (MESSAGE STAPLED TO HER BREASTS)
20. EL FINANCIERO (MEXICO CITY) 01/16/2010
SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR – 20 PEOPLE WAITING AT A BUS STOP, INCLUDING 4 SMALL CHILDREN WERE INJURED BY MILITARY M67 GRENADE TOSSED FROM A PASSING MOTORCYCLE.
21. EL UNIVERSAL (MEXICO CITY) 01/09/2010
TIJUANA, BAJA CALIFORNIA – STATE POLICE OFFICER KILLED BY GUNFIRE
22. EL UNIVERSAL (MEXICO CITY) 01/09/2010
CYULICAN, SINOLA – MUNICIPAL POLICE COMMANDER AND 3 OFFICERS KIDNAPPED BY ARMED MEN – ALL LATER FOUND DEAD AND SHOWING SIGNS OF EXTREME TORTURE
