Vice Admiral Ambushed, Killed in Michoacan State Drug War Hot Spot Adriana Barrera and Lizbeth Diaz - Reuters
go to original July 29, 2013

EFE Update: Army troops arrested three men suspected of being linked to the killing of an admiral over the weekend in the western Mexican state of Michoacan, officials said on Monday. The three suspects have confessed to the murders, Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam said.

MEXICO CITY - A Mexican vice admiral was killed on Sunday in an ambush on a rural road in the western state of Michoacan, where the president has sent military forces to regain control of areas dominated by warring drug gangs.

Assailants armed with high-calibre rifles killed Vice Admiral Carlos Salazar, who commanded the naval base at the Pacific beach resort of Puerto Vallarta, along with another officer, the navy said in a statement.

The men were attacked after they were diverted onto a country road from a major highway running between the state capital of Michoacan and Guadalajara, the capital of Jalisco state that is home to Puerto Vallarta.

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