Gunmen attack police stations in central Mexico, killing 5 federal officers, wounding 9

October 11th, 2009 Gunmen kill 1 police officer, wound 6 in GuatemalaGUATEMALA CITY — Two separate attacks on police in Guatemala have killed one officer and wounded six more. Interior Minister Raul Velasquez says gunmen opened fire Saturday on a patrol car along a highway outside Guatemala City, killing an officer and wounding three others.

September 19th, 2009 Gunmen kill illegal migrant in southern MexicoTUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico — Mexican officials say gunmen have attacked a group of illegal immigrants in southern Mexico, killing one and wounding five as well as an alleged people smuggler. According to Mexico's federal preventative police, gunmen fired on a truck carrying the migrants before dawn Saturday along a highway outside the city of Comitan in Chiapas state.

September 14th, 2009 31 Mexican police arrested for alleged drug tiesMEXICO CITY — Thirty-one police officers have been arrested in a central Mexican state on suspicion of collaborating with a gang of drug cartel hit men. The Public Safety Department says the officers were arrested as part of a months-long investigation into alleged ties between police and the Zetas in Hidalgo, a state north of Mexico City.

August 29th, 2009 Gunmen kill 5 police in shootout in western MexicoMEXICO CITY — A convoy of gunmen engaged state police in a running shootout Friday that killed five officers and possibly one of the attackers in the western Mexico state of Jalisco, authorities said. The state attorney general's office said the gunbattle began when a convoy of seven vehicles carrying at least 30 gunmen approached state policemen on a local highway.

August 13th, 2009 3 dead in attack on head of northern Mexico prisonCIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Gunmen attacked a vehicle carrying a prison director in the northern Mexico state of Chihuahua, killing three bodyguards and wounding two more seriously, authorities said Wednesday. Prison director Gerardo Hernandez was unharmed in the attack late Tuesday, but has been replaced in the post for his own safety, Chihuahua state Public Safety Secretary Victor Valencia said.

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 7th, 2009 Shootouts in Mexico leave at least 12 deadPACHUCA, Mexico — A running battle between police and gunmen has left 12 people dead in this central Mexican city, officials said Friday. The dead included three police officers and nine gunmen, said Hidalgo state Attorney General Jose Alberto Rodriguez.

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 12th, 2009 Gunmen boldly attack federal forces in MexicoMORELIA, Mexico — Gunmen boldly attacked federal forces across the western state of Michoacan on Saturday, killing five federal agents and two soldiers after the capture of a suspected drug cartel operative. Ten other federal agents were wounded in the ambushes.

June 19th, 2009 Gunmen in Mexico attack ambulance, killing 1MORELIA, Mexico — Gunmen tossed a grenade at an ambulance and then opened its doors to kill a patient who had narrowly survived an earlier shooting, as paramedics ran for their lives early Friday. Vehicles carrying four masked gunmen cut off the ambulance around 2 a.m.

June 11th, 2009 Gunmen toss grenade at Mexico taco stand, 2 dieMORELIA, Mexico — Gunmen tossed a fragmentation grenade and fired on a crowded taco stand Thursday in the central Mexican city of Uruapan, killing a police officer and a 15-year-old boy. Four others were injured.

June 11th, 2009 Gunmen toss grenades at Mexico taco stand, 2 dieMORELIA, Mexico — Police say gunmen have tossed grenades and fired on a crowded taco stand in the central Mexican city of Uruapan, killing a police officer and a 15-year-old boy. A report from the Michoacan state prosecutor's office says eight were injured in the attack early Thursday.

June 8th, 2009 2 police officers killed in AcapulcoACAPULCO, Mexico — Attackers used grenades and guns in near-simultaneous attacks on two police stations in Acapulco Monday, killing two officers and wounding two others in the Pacific coast resort city plagued by drug violence. The bold pre-dawn attacks follow a spectacular four-hour gunbattle that killed 17 people — 13 suspected hit men, two innocent bystanders and two soldiers — said Daniel Velasco, an army commander in Acapulco.

April 30th, 2009 Mexico detains 12 officers on corruption chargesMEXICO CITY — A Mexican judge has jailed 12 federal police investigators accused of leaking information to hit men who ambushed and killed eight officers in a failed attempt to free a high-level cartel member. Mexico's Attorney General's Office says the suspects worked as investigators for Mexico's Federal Agency of Investigations, the country's equivalent of the FBI.