(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The mayor of a town in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas has been shot dead - the second to die in the region in the past two weeks.

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The Tamaulipas bombings are being blamed on regional drug cartels

The shooting is the latest violence in the troubled state, which saw a wave of bomb attacks over the weekend.

Police in Tamaulipas are investigating a mass killing last week of 72 migrants by suspected members of a drug gang.

Meanwhile, the army said it had captured the "lieutenant" of a cartel in the northern city of Monterrey.

Francisco Zapata Gallegos was captured during a raid in Monterrey on Friday. He had confessed to taking part in an attack in March that caused the deaths of two students at a Monterrey university, the army said.

Mr Zapata, whose alias is "the Bald One" is thought to have been the chief figure for the Zetas cartel in Monterrey.

He had reportedly spent the past few months in hiding, but a tip-off from one of his associates led the army to his door.

'Reprehensible violent acts'

Away from Monterrey, the state of Tamaulipas was the target of a weekend-long wave of violence.

Marco Antonio Leal Garcia, mayor of Hidalgo, a small town in the western part of the state, was killed in a gun attack that also wounded his four-year-old daughter.

Mr Garcia, 46, was shot dead while driving his car, the AFP news agency quoted a source in the state prosecutor's office as saying.

Hidalgo borders Nuevo Leon state, where the mayor of another small town was found murdered on 18 August. Local police allied with a drug gang are suspected to be behind that killing.

Mexican President Felipe Calderon condemned the "cowardly" attack on Mr Garcia and the earlier "reprehensible violent acts" in Tamaulipas.

Much of the violence in the region is blamed on the Zetas, a brutal group of former elite Mexican army commandos.

Top prosecutor missing

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Mexican authorities say the group of migrants may have been killed by members of the Zetas cartel

The US government describes the gang as the most dangerous organised crime syndicate in Mexico, AFP reports.

Four devices exploded separately in Tamaulipas in just 24 hours over the weekend, injuring at least 17 people.

The explosions appeared to target places connected with the probe into the migrant killings.

Police are still searching for a prosecutor involved in the case who has been missing for several days.

Mexican prosecutors have said they are deeply concerned for the safety of Roberto Suarez, who is leading the investigation into the deaths.

He and a police officer travelling with him have been missing since Wednesday.

Correspondents say it appears that gangsters are trying to stop those trying seeking evidence of the murders.

On Friday, two bombs exploded in the state capital, Ciudad Victoria, reports said, targeting a television station and the offices of the transport authorities. There were no reported injuries.

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Ah only one loaded before, but both look good man.

o thanks

wow old news man you should see the mafia over their its intense because they carry guns and all kinds of stuff. My parents are from Culiacan Sinaloa and dam let me just show you pics of someone who got assasinated

sorry this is the vid that has the pics. just look at it.

Btw its a song and in Spanish a corrido is like a rap but in their culture its the highest you can be in mexico they are the ones who run the city and can basically kill your family. I tell you this cause my cousin was a narc well my whole family and my cousin got assasinated and a week later the guy that killed my cousin was never seen.



[ame=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LONrs6F2RXE]YouTube - El Potro De Sinaloa - Julio Beltran[/ame]

These gangs are getting out of hand, so is the government corruption.

I agree man. :y:

It's so sad. The mexican people can't even depend on the police for protection.

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Those Cartel Guys are everywhere I used to live in Tijuana Before what it is today around 1999? I think it was when they killed the arellano felix when the city got messed up and let me tell you this My father was kidnapped by the police i was 6 years old and he was gone for a week and I didnt know why untill i was like 13 thank god they let him go those corrupts son of a bitches i still remember it was like 1 months after my b-day around march i remember being pissed cuse we were in such a hurry to get out of town they gave away most of my gifts after that we moved to Mazatlan Sinaloa and that ****ing state is a mess even the Culiacan governor is corrupt as **** frankly I think one day Mexico is going to end up like Colombia oh and i hate how the US always blames us for all the drugs problems on us mexicans when we only deliver drugs on Major Border cities and that's about it