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<< Previous   of   Next >>   ADVERTISEMENT   CONTACT THE HERALD Do you have a news tip? newstips@heraldnet.com | 425.339.3400   Published: Friday, May 9, 2008 Top Mexican police official is shot dead Los Angeles Times MEXICO CITY -- A top police official and national coordinator in Mexico's battle against drug trafficking and organized crime was assassinated inside his home before dawn Thursday. Edgar Millan Gomez, 42, was the third-ranking member of Mexico's Public Safety Secretariat, which oversees law enforcement. Two other high-ranking federal security officials have been shot in the past week in Mexico City. A college-educated professional with 20 years of law enforcement experience, Millan Gomez was precisely the kind of man President Felipe Calderon is counting on to rebuild Mexico's tarnished police forces. He was shot eight times after arriving at his home in Mexico City about 2:30 a.m. Police sources told the newspaper El Universal that the so-called Sinaloa Cartel was believed to be behind the attack. The cartel is one of several organized crime groups that have grown rich transporting Colombian cocaine, methamphetamines and other illicit drugs to the United States. Bodyguards arrested Alejandro Ramirez, 34, at the scene. He was wearing latex gloves and was armed with a handgun equipped with a silencer.

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