Regional security chief shot dead in Mexico

[jakeXT]

Source: BBC

A Mexican security chief has been shot dead in the north-eastern state of Tamaulipas, officials have confirmed.

They said Ricardo Nino Villarreal and his wife were killed on Saturday as they drove in the neighbouring Nuevo Leon state, but their bodies were only found by passers-by the following day.

He was one of several men sent by the federal government to stem a wave of violence in Tamaulipas.

The state has been the scene of turf wars between drug-smuggling cartels.

The local officials said Mr Nino Villarreal, a former general, was killed as he drove on the road linking the cities of Monterrey and Nuevo Laredo.

Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-29892354

[Comrade Grumpy]

1. I used to drive that road. Used to stop for lunch in Sabinas Hidalgo.

Not so much these last few years, though. Nuevo Laredo has been a kind of scary place.

[bemildred]

2. The fruits of our drug war. nt