BAJA PROSECUTOR FROM ASSASSINATION CASE FOUND SLAIN.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Gunmen killed one of the first federal prosecutors to interrogate the man who assassinated as·sas·si·nate tr.v. as·sas·si·nat·ed, as·sas·si·nat·ing, as·sas·si·nates 1. To murder (a prominent person) by surprise attack, as for political reasons. 2. Mexico's leading presidential candidate in 1994, raising more questions Monday about the still-unresolved case. The body of Jesus Romero Magana, 48, was found Sunday at the front door of his house, state police Cmdr. Antonio Torres Antonio Torres was a fictional character in the US soap opera Sunset Beach, portrayed by American actor Nick Kiriazis from February 1998 until the end of the show. Miranda said. Romero was hit by 14 bullets from at least two weapons, apparently late Saturday night, Mexico City newspapers reported Monday. There were no signs of a struggle, leading police to think Romero knew his killers. No arrests were reported, and police have not disclosed any possible motive. Romero was the fifth senior federal law enforcement official from Baja California state to be shot to death this year. He had served as the attorney general's liaison between federal and state law enforcement agencies A law enforcement agency (LEA) is a term used to describe any agency which enforces the law. This may be a local or state police, federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). in the northwest Mexican state. Romero's murder was expected to fuel conspiracy theories about the March 1994 killing of Luis Donaldo Colosio Luis Donaldo Colosio Murrieta (February 10 1950 – March 23 1994) was a Mexican politician, and PRI presidential candidate, who was assassinated during a meeting on his presidential campaign in Tijuana. , presidential candidate of the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party. Many Mexicans suspect that Colosio was the victim of high-level conspiracy within the PRI PRI: see Institutional Revolutionary party. (Primary Rate Interface) An ISDN service that provides 23 64 Kbps B (Bearer) channels and one 64 Kbps D (Data) channel (23B+D), which is equivalent to the 24 channels of a T1 line. . The party has been torn in recent years between reformers and hard-liners who want to maintain power at any price. Colosio, seen as a reformer, had been expected to win the presidency. The PRI has not lost a presidential election since its 1929 founding. Romero interrogated the confessed gunman, Mario Aburto Martinez, shortly after Colosio's shooting at a Tijuana campaign rally. Aburto was later convicted and is serving a 40-year prison sentence. Despite the gunman's conviction, the Mexican government is determined to prove a conspiracy was behind the killing - a goal that now has eluded three special prosecutors. |
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