State government spokesman Arturo Martínez Núñez confirmed that a total of 12 police officers where killed, six state and six Teloloapan Preventive Police, in an ambush on the outskirts of the town of Canute A. Neri while they had been looking for the suspects responsible for the 10 human heads left in town....According to official reports when officers reached the junction of Ixcatepec, they were ambushed in an attack with heavy gunfire but the officers managed to fire back but the toll left 12 officers killed and around 14 officers wounded from gunfire.
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Another tragic loss for Mexico's security forces.
I found two the articles on the link interesting:
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2012/03/british-agents-train-in-el-paso-a…
British Agents Train in El Paso as Mexican drug cartels 'operating in the UK, France and Netherlands'
QUOTE Mexico’s violent drug cartels have reached the streets of Britain, France and the Netherlands, according to US immigration officials, with undercover British agents undergoing training in El Paso to combat the problem. UNQUOTE
and
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2012/03/us-navy-seal-becomes-military-att…
QUOTE Rear Adm. Colin Kilrain a former senior commander of the U.S. Navy’s special forces who last year worked on anti-terrorism for the National Security Council, recently took up the post of military attaché. He arrives amid a rising debate over the role and effectiveness of Mexico's military in President Felipe Calderon's anti-gangster campaign.
"It is an interesting choice," U.S. political scientist Roderic Camp, who has specialized in Mexico's military, said of Kilrain's appointment. "From the U.S. point of view, it is placing someone there who has special skills and experiences complementary to battling the cartels." UNQUOTE
Based on the nature of this and other conflicts it seems long overdue that we assign senior SOF officers to these Embassies where they can provide relevant advice and assistance.