February 10 – Troops descent upon a police station in
Cancún in connection with the torture and murder of former general
Mauro Enrique Tello, who led an elite anti-drugs squad.[7]
February 11–21 people, including one soldier, are shot dead in a gunfight in
Chihuahua, Mexico.[8]
April 19 – In Mexico eight police officers are killed in an attack on a prison convoy transporting senior leaders of the Beltran Leyva cartel.
Mexico drug gang's rescue foiled
May
May 18 –
Raffaele Amato, a Camorra boss accused of being one of the principal importers of cocaine into Italy, is arrested in Marbella, Spain.[17]
December 31 – The bodies of six men abducted December 30 in the north-central Mexican state of
Durango are found shot to death execution-style. Among them are Bobby Salcedo, an assistant principal and school board member, who is from
El Monte, California. Salcedo is believed to be the first U.S. elected official killed in the four years of Mexican drug-related violence.[24]
February 10 – Troops descent upon a police station in
Cancún in connection with the torture and murder of former general
Mauro Enrique Tello, who led an elite anti-drugs squad.[7]
February 11–21 people, including one soldier, are shot dead in a gunfight in
Chihuahua, Mexico.[8]
April 19 – In Mexico eight police officers are killed in an attack on a prison convoy transporting senior leaders of the Beltran Leyva cartel.
Mexico drug gang's rescue foiled
May
May 18 –
Raffaele Amato, a Camorra boss accused of being one of the principal importers of cocaine into Italy, is arrested in Marbella, Spain.[17]
December 31 – The bodies of six men abducted December 30 in the north-central Mexican state of
Durango are found shot to death execution-style. Among them are Bobby Salcedo, an assistant principal and school board member, who is from
El Monte, California. Salcedo is believed to be the first U.S. elected official killed in the four years of Mexican drug-related violence.[24]