Gunmen kidnap police official
Gunmen have abducted the chief of kidnapping and organized crime investigations for the Mexican border state of Coahuila.
The Coahuila prosecutor’s office said in a statement that commander Gerardo Valdes was seized this week by at least six men as he was driving in the state capital, Saltillo. The office said an unidentified man called police a few hours later and said Valdes had been kidnapped by the Juarez drug cartel.
President Felipe Calderon has deployed 40,000 soldiers across the country to battle drug gangs, which have responded with bold attacks.
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