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Third Top Cop Executed in Mexico Drug War  

Posted May 11, 08 6:39 AM CDT in Crime,  World    Most Covered

(newser) – A third key police officer was assassinated yesterday in the intensifying war between Mexican officials and drug cartels, the BBC reports. The deputy police chief of the border town of Juarez was killed when gunmen peppered his car with bullets as he left home. The head of Mexico's anti-kidnap unit was killed Friday, and the chief of police operations against drug trafficking was shot dead the day before.

"We have to come together to confront this evil. We Mexicans have to  categorically say 'That's enough!'" said President Jose Calderon at a police memorial service. "We can't accept this situation. We have to take back our streets."  

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Third Top Cop Executed in Mexico Drug War
Mexican Federal Police salute during a ceremony to honor officers recently killed in Mexico City.   (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Third Top Cop Executed in Mexico Drug War
Three men, who had their legs tied and were executed, lie dead near a corn field in Villa Juarez, Mexico, on Friday. At least 150 federal policemen have been sent to this area as a wave of organized crime...   (AP Photo/Fidel Duran)
Third Top Cop Executed in Mexico Drug War
A Mexican federal police officer pauses during a ceremony for fallen officers. Three officers, including Mexico's police chief, have been killed in the last few days by drug cartels.   (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
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