Gunmen torch stolen cars to blockade city of Morelia in western Mexico
MORELIA, Mexico (AP) - Gunmen blockaded a western Mexican city Thursday with cars and buses they stole from motorists and then torched in a second day of violence for the region that has left at least three people dead, including an 8-month-old baby.
The gunmen arrived at all five roads leading into Morelia and fired into the air to force drivers and passengers from their vehicles, said Jonathan Arrendondo, a spokesman for the attorney general’s office of Michoacan state, where the city is located.
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La Familia, which officials say is Mexico’s main trafficker of methamphetamine, captured nationwide attention in 2006 by rolling severed heads onto a disco floor in the city of Uruapan.
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Morelia is a sister city to Fullerton, California, where I grew up.
Vehicles burn on a road leading to the city of Morelia, Mexico, Thursday Dec. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Gustavo Ruiz)