A group of more than 40 armed men abducted and killed four Mexican policemen on Wednesday about 30 kilometers (20 miles) south of the Arizona border, and the anti-kidnapping chief in another northern Mexico state was reportedly kidnapped, according to The Associated Press. Sonora Gov. Eduardo Bours declined to speculate on a motive for the killings of the four policemen in his state, but Mexico has seen a wave of attacks on police, military and intelligence officials as the government battles drug trafficking gangs. The assailants drove in 10 to 15 vehicles into the city of Cananea and detained the police who were in two patrol cars, the Sonora state police said in a news release. The bullet-riddled bodies of the policemen, along with 50 spent cartridges were found on the side of a road hours later.
