Collateral Damage: Police Chief killed in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas

The director of security (police chief) of the city of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas - across the Rio Grande from Laredo, Texas - was murdered last night, along with his personal secretary and four bodyguards. He was a former army general. Army generals are being employed as police chiefs in a number of cities along the border, most famously in Tijuana, near San Diego, California.

Matan a director de Seguridad en Tamaulipas - El Universal - México: "A la media noche de este miércoles se reportó el asesinato a balazos del director de Seguridad Pública de Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, el general Manuel Farfán, así como a cuatro de sus escoltas y a su secretario particular."