Friday, June 27, 2008

Another Day, Another Death

Igor Labastida, the head of investigations into corruption in the Federal Preventative Police, was the latest high-level officer to be killed. He was eating in a Mexico City cafe when a hitman opened fire with an Uzi, killing both Labastida and one of the three bodyguards eating with him.

An odd wrinkle: shortly thereafter, another man came in and began filming the bodies. The hitman and the cameraman evidently waited rather patiently, leaving just before the police arrived.

Another odd wrinkle: Labastida was one of the two men accused of trying to extort Carlos Salinas' brother Enrique, who was found murdered in his car in 2004.

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