MEXICO SAYS TWO US FEDERAL AGENTS KILLED IN CRASH WERE NOT AUTHORIZED FOR OPERATIONS INSIDE COUNTRY. (PHOTO).
Mexico says two US federal agents killed in crash were not authorized for operations inside country Mexico’s government says two U.S. federal agents killed in a northern border-region crash were not authorized to take part in any operations on Mexican soil, raising new questions about their role in a cross-border drug lab mission. Authorities say the agents were returning from an operation targeting a clandestine drug facility in Chihuahua when their vehicle, traveling as part of a convoy, went off a ravine and exploded last weekend. Two Mexican officers also died in the incident. U.S. officials have confirmed the two Americans were CIA personnel, though their agency has declined to comment on the circumstances. Mexican officials say one of the agents entered the country as a visitor while the other used a diplomatic passport, and insist the government had no knowledge of foreign operatives conducting or planning any enforcement activity inside Mexico. The Security Ministry ...
3 Men were arrested today for killing a 27 year old Bashir Shehu,a student of the Federal University of Education,Kano.The men who were arrested were among the dozens of Bandits {Yandabas} paradedat the Bompai Headquarters of Kano state Police Command,today monday.On the 9th of July,Yandabas invaded a classroom in Rumfa college where Bashir and his colleagues were having a group discussion,maiming everyone on sight.According to the Police Public Relations officer of the Command,ASP Magaji Musa Majia,the hoodlums who stormed the school at about 10:00pm,were ''a gang of notorious Yandabas jointly from Gandun Albasa,Dan Agundi and Tukuntawa areas of Kano metropolis.They suddenly invaded the classroom and attacked them with cutlasses,knives,clubs and other dangerous weapons and inflicted various degrees of injuries on his head,chest and all over his body.They also broke his leg and abandoned him in his pool of blood.The gang further went on rampage and attacked MASCO Mechanic garage located at Gandun Albasa and damaged the windscreen and bodies of more than 30 motor vehicles brought for repairs.The Yandabas went further and killed even animals on sight.For instance,dogs,hens and even branches of tress were cut down with sword and machetes''.Working with information from residents,the police and a special police squad led by Mawuya Abubakar,O/C in charge of Strike Force/Daba Operation moved into the area,controlled the situation and moved the body of Bashir to a Kano hospital where he later died.Those arrested for the killing of Bashir include Ibrahim Mu'azu alias Iro-Dawaof Dan Agundi Quarters,Adamu Abdullahi alias Kura of Tukuntawa quarters and Muktari Hassan alias Gwari of Gandun Albasa quarters.The suspects whom police authorities described as notorious criminals and hire assassins,also mentioned the names of 13 others linked with the Rumfa College disturbances.
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