Collateral Damage: Female police chief gunned down

Another tragic tale. (and this report comes via a South African news source.)

Female police chief gunned down - World News | South Africa News |IOL.co.za: "A female police chief in northern Mexico - one of just a handful of women to take on the dangerous job amid the country's raging drug wars - was gunned down on Monday, officials here said.

Hermila Garcia Baeza, a trained attorney who had been police chief for only about a month in Meoqui, a town of 21 000 inhabitants, was shot to death on Monday by unknown gunmen, local prosecutors said." Nov. 30, 2010