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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | February 2008 
Mexico Says Drug Traffickers Behind Bomb
 E. Eduardo Castillo - Associated Press
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| | Mexico City Attorney General Rodolfo Felix Cardenas | | |
Mexico City - A major drug trafficking organization was behind a recent bombing in the capital that killed one person and injured another, Mexican authorities said Wednesday.
Mexico City Attorney General Rodolfo Felix Cardenas said the bomb had targeted a Mexico City police commander, but he did not release the official's name.
Felix declined to identify which cartel was involved in the Feb. 15 bombing, just two blocks from city police headquarters. He took no questions from the news media after reading a statement.
Police are still looking for four potential suspects, Felix said, noting that city authorities will ask Mexico's federal Attorney General's Office to take custody of five suspects already detained, because drug trafficking is a federal offense.
The suspects in custody include Tania Vazquez, 22, who was wounded in the blast. Surveillance cameras captured her walking minutes earlier with Juan Carlos Meza Campos, 44, who died when the bomb exploded as he carried it down the street. Vazquez is being held at a local hospital where she is undergoing treatment for burns.
The homemade bomb was made from acetone peroxide, an unstable but commonly available material.
A preliminary investigation led authorities to Vazquez's Mexico City neighborhood of Tepito, a rough area known for drug dealing and pirated goods. They previously said they had not ruled out links to organized crime.
In recent weeks, authorities have captured more than a dozen alleged members of the powerful Sinaloa drug cartel in the city, but authorities have not said whether it ordered the bombing. |
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