Cancun Police Chief Attacked by Organized Crime

An assassination attempt on the Cancun police chief, Adrian Samos Medina, has put the security forces of this seaside resort on high alert. While the police chief himself was not injured, one of his bodyguard was killed and two other injured when an unidentified man fired at Medina's car in broad daylight. The assassination attempt is thought to be a result on the government's recent crack-down on organized crime. Mayor Francisco Alor said organized crime was likely behind the assassination attempt.
Since the beginning of the year, the Mexican government's fight against organized crime has resulted in the deaths of nearly nine hundred people, including police and military soldiers, that were deployed by Mexican President Felipe Calderon.