Eight more dead in Tijuana
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The Associated Press is reporting that overnight violence left eight people dead in the Mexican border city of Tijuana.
The state prosecutor’s office said three teenagers, including a 14-year-old girl, were gunned down in the street; a few blocks away, officials found the bullet-riddled body of a man. In another part of the city, gunmen opened fire on a car, killing two men. Assailants attacked another car before dawn Tuesday, injuring a police officer and killing a relative. A few hours later, the body of a man was found near City Hall, his head covered with a plastic bag. Officials blame warring cells of the Arellano-Felix drug-trafficking gang for the wave of violence.
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-- Deborah Bonello in Mexico City