One More ex-General In Mexico Is Attacked - WSJ.com: "Authorities searched Thursday for assailants who attacked a convoy carrying a retired Mexican general working as a local police chief.
It was the latest offensive against a group of military men charged with cleaning up corruption in the police forces.
The shootout took place Wednesday and appeared to have targeted retired Gen. Carlos Villa, who was hired last year as the police chief in Torreón, a city in northern Mexico that has been a drug-war epicenter.
Mr. Villa, who was profiled in The Wall Street Journal in December, was traveling in an armored vehicle that was part of a convoy and wasn't shot.
But his spokeswoman said two police officers had been seriously wounded and were in the hospital. Mr. Villa said he would continue as police chief."
The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
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