Gunmen take hostages in Mexico hospital

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Gunmen take hostages in Mexico hospital

28 minutes ago

TIJUANA, Mexico - Armed men opened fire and took people
hostage at a hospital in this northern border city Wednesday,
an apparent attempt to free a prisoner. Two people were killed,
including a security guard and one of the attackers, police said.

Authorities were attempting to evacuate personnel and other
patients from the facility, Red Cross official Fernando Esquer
said.

Esquer said some hostages had been taken, but he did not know
how many. He said the attack was related to the arrival earlier
in the day of a Tijuana prison inmate who was receiving a
standard medical procedure.

Police and army troops closed off streets surrounding the
hospital.


Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070418/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/mexico_hospital_shooting

[saigon68]

1. Gun control needed

[Deep13]

3. Already illegal there.

Mexico has complete prohibition on all firearms.

[davepc]

4. Mexico has very strict gun control. No "right" to keep and bear arms exsists there.

Only the Police, Army, and Drug Lords/Crime gangs have firearms.

[William769]

6. How much more gun control can they have?

[SayWhatYo]

7. I believe that's his point...

at least judging by his previous posts about gun control

[saigon68]

9. Correct

Ask the Mayor of Nagasaki, what its like too live in "A Gun Free Zone"

Ooops, I guess you can't ask him anything, anymore

[Deep13]

2. Is the world going crazy, or are we just more aware of it now?

They need to get the guns of the street in Mexico, too. Oh wait, gun possession of any kind is a felony in Mexico.

[Generator]

5. Dios Mios!

When reality starts to look like a Quinten Tarratino movie you know there is a problem.

[Eugene]

8. Update: 3 killed at Tijuana hospital (It's over)

Source: Associated Press

3 killed at Tijuana hospital

By LUIS PEREZ, Associated Press Writer
Wed Apr 18, 9:17 PM ET

TIJUANA, Mexico - 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.

-snip-

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.

-snip-

Officials initially feared that patients had been taken
hostage, but Niebla later said there were no hostages.

-snip-

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070419/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/mexico_hospital_shooting

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Source: Reuters

Three die in Mexican drug shootout on U.S. border

2 hours, 3 minutes ago

TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - Police battled an armed group of
drug traffickers in this northern border city on Wednesday in a
series of shootouts that left two policemen and one drug gang
member dead, witnesses and authorities said.

-snip-

The criminals fled but one was injured in the hail of bullets and
police took him to a hospital for treatment. The drug traffickers
later stormed the hospital to try and retrieve the injured gunman
and another shootout started.

-snip-

After a tense stand-off, five of the armed gunmen were arrested.
No patients in the hospital were injured.

"I can confirm the death of two policemen and one of the
criminals at the scene of the first gunfight," Tijuana police chief
Jaime Niebla told reporters.

-snip-

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070419/wl_nm/mexico_drugs_dc_2