U.S. diplomatic vehicle attacked by Mexican federal police

Forensic investigators take photos of a U.S. diplomatic vehicle on which federal police opened fire Friday south of Mexico City. The shooting left two embassy staffers wounded.

Forensic investigators take photos of a U.S. diplomatic vehicle on which federal police opened fire Friday south of Mexico City. The shooting left two embassy staffers wounded.  (Nuvia Reyes / AFP/Getty Images)

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Mexican President Felipe Calderon apologized “profoundly” this week for an incident in which federal police allegedly opened fire on a U.S. Embassy vehicle with diplomatic license plates, injuring two Americans. Full story

Attack

Mexican authorities investigate the attack that wounded two U.S. diplomatic personnel riding in an embassy vehicle south of Mexico City on Friday.  (Nuvia Reyes / AFP/Getty Images)

Attack

An SUV carrying U.S. Embassy officials was left riddled with bullet holes, its tires flattened, by an attack by Mexican federal police.  (Roberto Santini / EPA)

Investigation

U.S. and Mexican authorities investigate the scene where two U.S. Embassy employees were shot when their vehicle was fired upon by Mexican federal police on a highway south of Mexico City last week.  (Tony Valdivia / Associated Press)

Suspect's families

Relatives of federal police officers allegedly involved in last week’s shooting of a U.S. Embassy vehicle try to block the path of a van carrying the officers as it leaves the Mexican attorney general’s office in Cuernavaca, Mexico, on the way to a federal detention center Monday. A judge ruled that the 12 officers accused of firing on the vehicle should remain in detention.  (Tony Rivera / Associated Press)