Drug thugs fight cops in Tijuana hospital

AP/VMS:

Police and soldiers battled gunmen at a hospital in the border city of Tijuana Wednesday in violence that left at least three people dead before the authorities subdued the attackers, officials said.

Shooting first erupted when about seven masked gunmen entered the public hospital and were confronted by a group of state police who happened to be escorting prisoners for routine treatment, said Tijuana Police Commander Jaime Niebla.

Two state police officers and one of the gunmen were killed in the clash, Niebla said.
Red Cross representative Fernando Esquer said he believed the gunmen were trying to free one of the prisoners receiving treatment.

The gunmen holed up in a ward for several hours until dozens of soldiers and federal police stormed in. More shots were heard ricocheting from the building, and it was unclear if there were any more deaths.

Soldiers were seen taking several detainees with their faces covered from the facility.

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Drug gangs were blamed for more than 2,000 murders nationwide in 2006 and have left a particularly bloody trail in Tijuana, where more than 300 people were slain last year.

That is more than the US death toll in Iraq in any year and more than enough for the Democrat surrender monkeys to throw in the towel. It is a good thing that President Caulderon is in charge rather than the Democrats. The Mexican gangs have been imitating the enemy in IRaq lately, particularly with their media campaign.