Raid on Mexican state police

Hundreds of Mexican federal police and soldiers surrounded a state police headquarters and arrested top commanders in a raid apparently linked to an assassination attempt against a public safety secretary.

Sun, 18 Mar, 2007 - 10:18

The raid, in Villahermosa, the capital of the Gulf coast state of Tabasco, involved 350 federal police and about 150 soldiers disarming state police.

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Courts Heathrow Place: Villahermosa Place: Gulf Place: Tabasco Person: Gen Francisco Fernandez Solis Person: Fernandez Solis Organisation: federal police

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