Guadalajara -
In yet another attack against small town law enforcement, a city policeman in Cihuatlán, Jalisco was executed by an organized crime hit team Sunday night.
The officer was travelling on a motorcycle when he was gunned down by four men dressed in black about 9:00 p.m. They fled in the direction of neighboring Colima state. There are no suspects.
Cihuatlán is a municipality on Mexico's Pacific coast, northwest of the resort town of Manzanillo and southeast of Puerto Vallarta. It has a population of about 20,000.
The last two months have witnessed many police executions throughout Jalisco state, as well as in its capital city.
Two days before Christmas, four police officers were kidnapped, shot and decapitated in the same region of yesterday's execution. Altogether, 14 officers were murdered in late December along the Jalisco-Michoacán border, where several drug cartels and local gangs are warring for control of communities in the path of northbound trafficking routes. Death toll in rural violence rises to 28.
On Jan. 30, a police commander was attacked and killed in broad daylight in a town northwest of Guadalajara. All the familiar weapons used in latest assassination of Jalisco police chief.
Friday evening, the police chief of Poncitlán was executed by a team of sicarios in front of his home in Zapopan, a sprawling suburb which surrounds Guadalajara. He was shot multiple times with an AK-47 and died at the scene. Poncitlán is near Lake Chapala, an hour southeast of this city. Area police chief executed in Guadalajara Metro Zone.
On Thursday the Peña Nieto administration reported that nationwide, at least 10 police officers were killed in January drug war violence. More than a dozen have already been killed this month, including nine in a single attack in Guerrero state last Tuesday, northeast of Acapulco.
Feb. 1 - HRW's condemnation of Mexican drug war reveals how little it understands conflict
Jan. 22 - Puerto Vallarta: tensions linger after brazen narco attack
Jan. 8 - More attacks on Jalisco police; state homicides increase
Dec. 28 - Local police resign or desert posts in Jalisco, Michoacán
Dec. 24 - Christmas Eve narco violence wracks Jalisco and Michoacán states
Nov. 30 - Commando squad attacks Guadalajara suburban police unit, leaving two officers dead
Oct. 18 - Guadalajara area police commander in grave condition after organized crime hit
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