Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Tough Neighborhood

New police chief's head left at station - UPI.com: "CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- The head of a new local police commander was left in an ice bucket at his police station in the Ciudad Juarez area, Mexican authorities said Tuesday.

The city, which lies just across the border from El Paso, Texas, in the state of Chihuahua, has one of the highest homicide rates in Mexico. El Universal reported that Martin Castro Martinez was one of 15 people killed execution-style in 24 hours.

Castro Martinez was abducted Saturday, four days after he became police chief in the suburb of Praxedis G. Guerrero. Five other officers and a civilian man were also snatched.

The police chief's head was left at the police station Sunday afternoon. A message threatened the Sinaloa Cartel with violence from La Linea, the drug cartel dominant in Chihuahua."

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

I thought the Ice Bucket was a thoughtful touch.

Anonymous said...

Just because you are a vicious murderer doesn't mean your not concerned about headless etiquette.

Anonymous said...

How can an honest cop survive there? How can a dishonest cop survive?

B. Rehder said...

Ouch.

Paul Bishop said...

Kind of follow the plot of Head Of The Force, a forgotten book I reviewed a few weeks ago. Life imitating art?

Unknown said...

Except I don't think those guys read a lot.