Open Drug Warfare In Tijuana, Mexico

Mexico's Federal Police escort suspects of working for a drug trafficking gang, as they are shown to the media in Mexico City, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2008. Mexican police arrested 11 Colombians, one American, two Mexicans and an Uruguayan who allegedly worked for a drug gang that shipped Colombian cocaine through Mexico. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

Wave Of Baja Executions Continues -- Sign on San Diego

TIJUANA – The wave of executions by organized crime members continued Saturday night and early Sunday morning in the city and in Playas de Rosarito.

Authorities reported at least five men killed, among them four municipal police officers and a district police chief, and the discovery of three metal bins containing human remains and chemical residue.

The latest slayings bring the total to 134 in Tijuana since Sept. 24, a record number of killings for any month in the city's history.

Officials attribute the wave of violent crime to a war between at least two drug cartels fighting for turf in Tijuana, a border city often used to smuggle drugs into the United States. The state attorney general's office reported at 9 p.m. Saturday that three slayings had occurred that morning in the eastern portion of Tijuana, including the execution of municipal police officer Rogelio Gonzalez.

By 9:30 p.m., the municipal police of Playas de Rosarito received a report that agents Salvador Rivera and Froilan Olivares were on routine patrol on Guerrero Boulevard when they were attacked by a commando of armed gunmen.

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My Comment: We are now witnessing parts of Mexico becoming ungovernable. One can easily predict that with a year or two certain provinces of Mexico will be resembling "failed states"