Another Border Assassination

Along the U.S.-Mexico border, more than a dozen cities have had their police chiefs assassinated in the past year. The latest is in the Sonoran town of Agua Prieta.

On Monday, assassins gunned down Police Chief Ramon Tacho Verdugo, spraying more than 40 bullets at him in an ambush outside police headquarters in this town near Douglas. The motive is murky, but it almost certainly involved control of the smuggling routes into Arizona, Mexican and U.S. officials said Tuesday.

Understandably, Mexican police officers are hesitant about taking the police chief position.

The saddest part of the story is that it is largely neglected by the mainstream media, resulting in little or no outrage. Imagine what would happen if a dozen police chiefs were murdered in a year on the American side of the border. The public would be demanding for heads to roll.

Not to be, though. Extreme violence and assassinations, right next door to the U.S., have become oh-by-the-way news items. Meanwhile, the MSM trumpets the imaginary mistreatment of terrorists at Gitmo and, along with the leftists in society, are more worried about Darfur and global warming. It just doesn't make sense.