Chief Of Police in Juarez Killed

From the El Paso Times
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JUAREZ -- The head of the Juárez police department and three officers were killed in an ambush Tuesday on a day when protesters, claiming abuses by the Mexican army, blocked traffic to the international bridges into El Paso.
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Police operations director Sacramento Perez Serrano, 49, was being escorted by the officers when the four-door police pickup they were riding in was riddled with gunfire in the upscale Zona Dorada (Golden Zone) area of the city about 5 p.m.
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Perez and the three officers died in the attack near Paseo de La Victoria and Ejercito Nacional boulevards.
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"They were on their way to the Babicora (police) station when they were ambushed by an armed commando," said Jaime Torres, city spokesman."They didn't have a chance to defend themselves. They died in the patrol unit."

LINK: http://www.elpasotimes.com/juarez/ci_11726795
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