Collateral Damage: Concerns Raised Over Young Police Chief in Mexico

The mystery of the day.

Concerns Raised Over Young Police Chief in Mexico - NYTimes.com: "Marisol Valles García, the young mother who took the job of police chief in her violence-ravaged town when nobody else would, has not been to work in three days. On Friday, it appeared she might not be planning to come back soon.

A human rights official in Chihuahua State said that Ms. Valles might have been threatened and crossed into Texas. But her bosses said she asked for a few days of leave to attend to her baby son, who had been ill."