Armed attackers on Wednesday killed the director of Mexico's Municipal Public Security Service and another policeman, and injured several others in the western city of Patzcuaro.
The General Prosecutor's Office of the western state of Michoacan said the attack occurred on Wednesday morning in front of the municipal prison, in the center of Patzcuaro.
The director, Miguel Angel Gonzalez Zambudio, and the policeman were shot dead by at least three gunmen when they were inside their patrol car. Another policeman who was near the site at the time of the attack, was seriously injured.
President Felipe Calderon declared war on drug trafficking and organized crime when he took office in December 2006, but drug trafficking groups have launched even more fierce attacks.
So far this year, violence linked to organized crime in the country has killed at least 3,000 people.
Source:Xinhua
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