Guatemalan town struggles to recover after border shootout
Like many remote border towns, it lives from commerce — legal and illegal — but locals say things still haven't returned to normal since Mexican state police drove armored vehicles into the downtown and engaged in a daytime shootout in June.
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Mexican prosecutor killed in drive-by shooting caught on film
Mexico Crime Gun violence MediaFacebookTweetLink Follow A federal prosecutor in Mexico has been killed in a drive-by shooting that has shocked the nation after video footage of the attack circulated online. The footage shows the prosecutor sitting on a road in the border city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas state, shortly after his car has caught fire. A white vehicle then drives past and the sound of multiple gunshots rings out. The prosecutor falls to the ground and then lies motionless. It's not clear what caused the fire. The Mexican Attorney General's Office has identified the killed man as Ernesto Cuitláhuac Vásquez Reyna, who worked in the state of Tamaulipas. It said the attack on Monday was still being investigated, but preliminary information suggested it may have been linked to organized crime gangs who had been recently targeted by authorities. It pointed to the seizure by security forces of more than 1.8 million liters of stolen fuel in a bust last month as being among the main lines of investigation. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Tuesday that her security cabinet was in touch with state and federal prosecutors to 'do justice in this case.' In a post on X, the Tamaulipas Governor Américo Villarreal condemned the attack, expressed solidarity with the prosecutor's family and offered to help the 'the Attorney General's Office and the Government of Mexico in the search for justice and the construction of peace.' Reynosa is the most populated city in Tamaulipas with roughly 700,000 residents. It is located just across the Rio Grande from Hidalgo, Texas.
Washington Post
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Man accused in Tennessee family's killings captured, but motive and why he spared a baby unknown
A man accused of killing four family members of a baby girl that he left unharmed in a western Tennessee front yard miles from the crime scene last week was captured on Tuesday . Austin Robert Drummond, 28, was taken into custody after a search that put a community along the Mississippi River on edge and amid several unanswered questions surrounding the July 29 quadruple homicide in Tiptonville. Here's a closer look at what we know and don't know about the investigation: The investigation into the family's killings in Tiptonville began after an infant in a car seat was found in a front yard in the Tigrett area, roughly 40 miles (65 kilometers) away. The Dyer County Sheriff's Office said in a statement that a caller reported that a minivan or midsize SUV had dropped the baby at a 'random individual's front yard.' The sheriff's office later said they were working with investigators in neighboring Lake County, where four people had been found dead. Officials determined those people were the child's parents, grandmother and uncle. That is not clear. Detectives believe Drummond drove the baby about 40 miles from Tiptonville, where they say he fatally shot the four adults, to the town of Tigrett, where the baby girl was left in a front yard. They haven't said publicly why Drummond chose that house. Dyer and Lake counties District Attorney Danny Goodman declined in an interview with The Associated Press to elaborate on what detectives know about this aspect of the case. He said only that the baby girl is safe now and in the custody of other relatives. Investigators have not revealed why they think Drummond carried out the killings. Goodman said Drummond knew the four people he's charged with killing and that Drummond's girlfriend is the sister of the child's grandmother, but it's unknown if he has any connection to the baby. The victims were found fatally shot in a wooded area near Reelfoot Lake, a swamplike body of water near the Mississippi River and not far from the Missouri border. Police say Drummond had help in the killings, but haven't elaborated further. Tennessee authorities charged Tanaka Brown, 29, and Giovonte Thomas, 29, with accessory after the fact to first-degree murder. Investigators allege both men 'assisted' Drummond, 28, in the killings. Dearrah Sanders of Jackson, Tennessee, was also charged with being an accessory after the killings. Yes, an extensive one. According to court records, Drummond spent years in prison for robbing a convenience store as a 16-year-old and threatening to go after jurors. He was tried as an adult for the July 2013 robbery in Jackson, Tennessee. During the robbery, he pointed a pistol at the gas station store worker and ordered the cash register to be opened, taking the $44 inside, court records show. At a 2020 parole hearing, Drummond said he was on Xanax the night of the robbery and doesn't remember robbing the gas station. He said the firearm was a BB gun. After the jury convicted him of one count of aggravated robbery in August 2014, he made threats to go after jurors, Drummond said during the hearing. He pleaded guilty in February 2015 to 13 counts of retaliation for past action and was given a combined 13-year sentence. His sentence ended in September 2024, according to Tennessee Department of Correction records. As of the 2020 parole hearing, Drummond had more than two dozen disciplinary issues in prison, including possession of a deadly weapon, assault, refusing a drug test and gang activity. Drummond was charged for several activities inside the prison, including attempted murder, after he completed the sentence that originally put him behind bars, Goodman said at a news conference. Drummond was out on bond on the other charges at the time of the killings, Goodman said. Drummond is expected in court in Tiptonville for an arraignment later this week. He faces four counts of first-degree murder, one count of aggravated kidnapping and weapons offenses, officials have said. Goodman said he's yet to decide whether to seek the death penalty, but said 'it is very likely' he'll pursue it. An attorney who represented Drummond in his case as a teenager did not return an earlier message requesting a comment. A telephone listing for Drummond could not be found, and an automated message from the local public defender's office said to call back later. ___ Associated Press writer Jonathan Mattise contributed to this report.
CBS News
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Miami Beach 83-year-old man charged after woman stabbed multiple times, police say
An 83-year-old man has been charged with attempted second-degree murder after allegedly stabbing a woman multiple times during a confrontation at a Miami Beach apartment building, according to Miami Beach police. Officers said they responded to the 150 block of Alton Road shortly before 11 a.m. Monday, after reports of a physical altercation between a woman and a man. Police said they found the woman unresponsive and bleeding from stab wounds to her chest and head inside her apartment. Several witnesses observed the woman staggering through the hallway, calling for help and bleeding heavily, police said. A witness told detectives she saw the woman holding her chest while a man, later identified as John Gula, followed closely behind her. Another woman attempted to restrain Gula, according to the incident report. She pulled the victim into her apartment while neighbors assisted and called 911. Another witness told detectives she received a phone call from the victim saying, "Help me, help me," and saw Gula entering the elevator wearing pants covered in blood. Police reviewed building security footage, which they say showed the victim and Gula speaking outside his apartment. In the video, Gula appears to pull a folding knife from his pocket and stab her, while another neighbor tried to intervene, according to the report. The victim is then seen wrestling the knife away and throwing it down the hallway before stumbling away, bleeding. Footage shows Gula allegedly retrieving a second knife from his pocket and lunging at the victim again. Blood was visible on the floor, according to the report. Police later detained Gula at an apartment, where he was found wearing a U.S. Navy shirt, black pants and blood-stained shoes, according to police. Police said a search of the apartment uncovered blood-covered glasses belonging to the victim and a pair of light-colored pants submerged in a bucket of pink-tinged water. Gula was transported to the Miami Beach Police Criminal Investigation Division, where he invoked his rights and declined to provide a statement, police said. He was charged with attempted second-degree murder.
