Gunmen kill a navy rear admiral in Mexico, one of the highest-ranking officers slain in a decade

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Gunmen ***** a navy rear admiral in Mexico, one of the highest-ranking officers slain in a decade

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Gunmen on Friday ******* a navy rear admiral in Mexico, one of the highest-ranking officers slain in the country in a decade.

Mexico’s navy said that a rear admiral — which is just below full admiral, the navy’s highest rank — had been shot to ****** in the Pacific coast port city of Manzanillo. Local media gave his name as Fernando Guerrero Alcántar, but a navy spokesman would not confirm that, or whether he was in uniform at the time.

The navy said in a statement that he was driving in his own private vehicle when the ******* occurred, so it was unclear if the gunmen knew who he was.

He would be one of the highest-ranking military officers ******* in Mexico since 2013.

That year,

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the top navy commander in the neighboring Pacific coastal state of Jalisco. Members of the Knights Templar ***** cartel were blamed for that ********.

Vice admiral is a slightly higher rank than rear admiral.

Attacks by ******** cartels on high-ranking officers have occurred, but are relatively rare.

However, the ******** government has given more law-enforcement responsibility to the navy, army and the militarized National Guard in recent years, and they now represent the front-line forces against the country’s ***** cartels.

Manzanillo, because it is a Pacific coast port with direct shipments from China and other places in Asia, is highly prized by ***** cartels seeking to smuggle in precursor chemicals

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