Mexican Army Lieutenant Coronel Killed:



"Lieutenant colonel Victor Manuel Gil Cagal – a high ranking Mexican army official was found gunned down in a white Mitsubishi car with Mexico City license plates along with his girlfriend in Zamora, Michoacan on March 15, 2011. The investigators found more than 150 casings of different calibre cartridges at the scene.

According to the witnesses, the car carrying Victor Manuel Gil Cagal and his girlfriend – 29 year old Alejandra Ortega stopped at the traffic light when a group of armed men surrounded the car and opened fire. The attackers then fled without a trace and are still at large.

42 year old Lt.Col. Victor Manuel Gil Cagal was in command of the 37 Battalion of Infantry, under the Ministry of National Defence (SEDENA – Secretaria de la Defensa Nacional), Mexico. His girlfriend Alejandra Ortega was a member of the Municipal Police force in Zamora."