| | |  News Around the Republic of Mexico | August 2009 
3 Dead in Attack on Head of Northern Mexico Prison
 Associated Press
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August 13, 2009
Ciudad 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. He started the job in June.
Valencia said the two surviving guards are in serious condition at local hospitals. The attack occurred in the state capital, also known as Chihuahua.
In the border city of Nuevo Laredo, city police found a bullet-ridden sport utility vehicle belonging to the federal Communications and Transportation Department crashed into a post on a street. There was blood on the seats, and four department employees identified as cargo inspectors were reported missing.
Nuevo Laredo is a major shipping route to the United States, and drug traffickers frequently use it to smuggle drugs.
More than 11,000 people have died in drug-related violence since President Felipe Calderon took office in late 2006 and began a major offensive against drug cartels. |
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