Guatemala gunmen kill 1 police officer, wound 6 in separate attacks

October 8th, 2009 Attacks on Guatemalan police kill 2, wound 3GUATEMALA CITY — A series of attacks on police in Guatemala has killed two officers and wounded three. Interior Minister Raul Velasquez says the attacks appear to be retaliation by criminals, but did not point to a specific gang.

October 3rd, 2009 Jamaica cops say mother slain, 2 children woundedKINGSTON, Jamaica — Authorities in Jamaica say gunmen killed a woman and critically wounded her 6-year-old daughter and 17-year-old son. Police say the suspects fatally shot 42-year-old security guard Karen Marshall after they kicked in her door and opened fire on the five people inside her home.

September 7th, 2009 Gunmen kill 4 prison officials in GuatemalaGUATEMALA CITY — Guatemalan police say four prison officials have been shot to death in three separate attacks that authorities believe are retaliation for a jail crackdown. Ministry of Interior spokesman Nery Morales says a warden, a deputy warden, a prison guard and a driver were killed Monday after officials seized cell phones and moved inmates to different prisons over the weekend to break up an extortion ring.

August 23rd, 2009 Gunmen kill Mexican army officer in bowling alleyCIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Gunmen killed an army officer and another man in a bowling alley in Ciudad Juarez, a border city that has seen Mexico's highest levels of drug-related violence in recent years, police said Saturday. The assailants entered the Bol Bol bowling alley and shot to death army Capt.

August 10th, 2009 Guatemala stops ex-officials from leaving countryGUATEMALA CITY —Prosecutors in Guatemala have requested a restraining order against four former top police officials linked to the disappearance of hundreds of pounds (more than 100 kilograms) of cocaine, in order to keep them from leaving the country. Prosecutor Leonel Ruiz says that "we cannot affirm that the former police chiefs are involved, we can only say that we are investigating them." The fired men are former National Police general director Porfirio Perez, assistant director Rolando Mendoza, and deputy directors Victor Lopez and Hector Castellanos.

August 7th, 2009 Shootouts in Mexico leave at least 11 deadPACHUCA, Mexico — Eleven people are dead following a running battle between police and gunmen in the central Mexican city of Pachuca. Hidalgo state police director Donanciano Millan says the dead include two police officers and nine gunmen.

August 1st, 2009 Gunmen kill 6 in Mexico border-city pool hallMEXICO CITY — Mexican police say assailants gunned down five men and a woman in a pool hall in the border city of Ciudad Juarez. Two more shooting victims have been hospitalized in serious condition.

July 14th, 2009 Gunmen kill police officer, wound 3 in MexicoTIJUANA, Mexico — Gunmen opened fire on a police patrol car, killing one officer and wounding three others amid a brutal drug war in this northern border city that has seen at least 18 policemen slain so far this year. The attack happened Sunday, less than a day after another drive-by shooting targeting police left two bystanders injured, according to a Tijuana police statement released Monday.

July 13th, 2009 Gunmen kill policeman, wound 3 more in TijuanaTIJUANA, Mexico — Gunmen opened fire on a patrol car in the drug-plagued border city of Tijuana, killing one police officer and wounding three more, authorities said Monday. Tijuana police said in a statement that Sunday's attack brings to 18 the number of officers that have been killed this year in the city across from San Diego.

July 11th, 2009 Gunmen kill 5 federal officers in central MexicoMORELIA, Mexico — Gunmen carried out attacks against federal police in at least six cities in drug-plagued Michoacan state, killing five officers. The Michoacan state public safety department says gunmen attacked federal police offices and one hotel where agents were staying between 5 a.m.

June 10th, 2009 Gunmen assassinate top judge in Russian regionNAZRAN, Russia — Officials say a top judge in Russia's violent North Caucasus was killed by gunmen who attacked her as she was dropping her children off at school. Ingushetia's Interior Ministry says Aza Gazgireeva died at a hospital in the regional center, Nazran, hours later.

May 10th, 2009 Gunmen kill 9 in western Mexico, shoot horsesMORELIA, Mexico — Gunmen killed nine people in three separate attacks in the Mexico's drug-plagued western state of Michoacan, authorities said Sunday. The state attorney general's office said gunmen broke into a ranch in a rural area and shot dead five employees, along with four horses and a bull.

May 4th, 2009 GUATEMALA CITY - A strong earthquake rattled Guatemala Sunday, with a magnitude of 6.1 on the Richter scale, but there were no reports of injuries or damage. The earthquake struck at a depth of 104 km and took place about 68 km west of Guatemala City, the US Geological Survey reported.

April 23rd, 2009 Police: Gunmen kill officer in NW PakistanPESHAWAR, Pakistan — Police say gunmen fired on a vehicle escorting paramilitary troops through a Pakistani district recently infiltrated by the Taliban. The troops were among those deployed Wednesday to protect government buildings and bridges in Buner, a district near the capital of Islamabad.

March 8th, 2009 GUATEMALA CITY - At least 13 people, including two police officials, have been killed in a wave of violence in Guatemala, EFE reported Sunday. According to the National Police (PNC), three suspected members of a youth gang, were shot death by unknown gunmen early Saturday in the northeastern suburbs of the capital.