Weekly Report - 17 May 2007

The government has endured a bad week with its priority policy: offensives against organised crime. First the UN endorsed opposition criticism of the use of the army against criminals. Then, on 16 May, three senior law enforcement officials were either kidnapped or killed before a 12-hour chase and confrontation with gangsters in Sonora, which cost the lives of 22 people, six of whom were policemen.