MEXICO MAYOR KILLED AS TAMAULIPAS VIOLENCE ESCALATES

30.08.2010 [13:16]
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Baku, August 30 (AZERTAC). The mayor of a town in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas has been shot dead - the second to die in the region in the past two weeks, according to BBC News.

The shooting is the latest violence in the troubled state, which saw a wave of bomb attacks over the weekend.

Police in Tamaulipas are investigating a mass killing last week of 72 migrants by suspected members of a drug gang.

Meanwhile, the army said it had captured the “lieutenant” of a cartel in the northern city of Monterrey.

Francisco Zapata Gallegos was captured during a raid in Monterrey on Friday. He had confessed to taking part in an attack in March that caused the deaths of two students at a Monterrey university, the army said.

Mr Zapata, whose alias is “the Bald One” is thought to have been the chief figure for the Zetas cartel in Monterrey.

He had reportedly spent the past few months in hiding, but a tip-off from one of his associates led the army to his door.

MEXICO MAYOR KILLED AS TAMAULIPAS VIOLENCE ESCALATES

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