Mexican police officer killed

Culiacan - Gunmen yesterday shot dead a senior police officer in the northern Mexican state of Sinaloa, known as a bastion of…

Culiacan - Gunmen yesterday shot dead a senior police officer in the northern Mexican state of Sinaloa, known as a bastion of drug-trafficking in Mexico, authorities said.

Alfredo Roman, co-ordinator of police investigations in Sinaloa, died after gunmen fired AK47 rifles at his car.

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