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Gunmen kill top Mexican policeman Gunmen kill top Mexican policemen
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Gunmen in Mexico have killed another top Mexican police official - just one day after the head of the national anti-narcotics effort was shot dead. Three top Mexican police officials have been shot dead in as many days while the country's fight against drug-trafficking continues.
Esteban Robles headed the anti-kidnapping unit of the Mexico City police department. He was shot several times outside his home on Friday. Assailants sprayed the car of the deputy police chief of the border city of Ciudad Juarez on Saturday, killing Juan Antonio Roman Garcia.
Mr Robles was flown to a nearby hospital, but died shortly afterwards. The head of Mexico City's anti-kidnap unit was killed on Friday.
The news came as Mexico's president was attending a memorial service honouring three other senior police officers. On Thursday, the director of national police operations against drug traffickers was shot dead.
President Felipe Calderon said these latest attacks would not deter his efforts to continue his government's campaign against the drugs trafficking cartels operating in the country. Speaking before the latest killing, Mexican President Felipe Calderon said such attacks would not deter his efforts to continue his government's campaign against drug-trafficking cartels.
"We have to come together to confront this evil, we Mexicans have to definitively and categorically say 'That's enough!'," he said. "We have to come together to confront this evil, we Mexicans have to definitively and categorically say 'That's enough!'," he said at a police memorial service.
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Footage of investigators at the scene of the shooting 'City in mourning'
"We can't accept this situation, we have to take back our streets," he added. Mr Garcia was shot dead outside his home in Ciudad Juarez, which borders Texas.
Mr Robles was the fourth top policemen to have been killed in Mexico City in the past 10 days. President Calderon was at a memorial to dead police officers this week
He was ambushed by four gunmen in a truck and shot as he was driving out of his house in Mexico City, officials said. His name had appeared at the top of a "hit list" left at a monument for fallen police officers a few months earlier.
"His death has plunged the city into mourning because he was an exemplary officer with an impeccable 20-year record who fulfilled his duties until his last breath, despite the dangers," said the city's mayor, Jose Reyes Ferriz.
All police officers have been ordered to take added precautions, he added.
Mexico City anti-kidnap chief Esteban Robles died after being shot several times outside his home on Friday.
The previous day, the director of national police operations against drug traffickers, Edgar Millan Gomez, was shot dead outside his home in the capital.
Earlier in the week, another senior policeman in Ciudad Juarez, Saul Pena, was gunned down as he left police headquarters.
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Edgar Millan Gomez, the official who died on Thursday, was in charge of co-ordinating national police operations against drugs traffickers. Mexico has seen a surge in drug-related killings recently.
He was shot nine times outside his home and died in hospital. Police are investigating whether the attack was drug-related. Last year, 2,500 people were killed while so far this year, about 1,100 people have been killed.
The White House has again called on the United States Congress to pass legislation that would allow more than $1bn of aid to be used in the fight against Mexico's drug cartels. President Calderon has sent nearly 30,000 soldiers and federal police to fight Mexico's powerful drug cartels since he took office in 2006.
Mexico has seen a surge in drug-related killings recently. Last year, 2,500 people were killed; so far this year, 1,100 people have been killed. The drugs cartels have fought back by attacking security forces.
Mr Calderon has sent nearly 30,000 soldiers and federal police to fight Mexico's powerful drug cartels since he took office in 2006. They are also fighting each other to control lucrative trafficking routes.
The drugs cartels have fought back by attacking security forces. They are also fighting each other to control lucrative trafficking routes. The White House has again called on the US Congress to pass legislation that would allow more than $1bn of aid to be used in the fight against Mexico's drug cartels.