A senior Mexican police officer whose name appeared at the top of a hit list has been shot dead in a border city across from Texas, the AP reported.
City officials say gunmen sprayed Juan Antonio Roman Garcia's car with bullets early Saturday outside his home in Ciudad Juarez. He was the city's No. 2 police officer and at least the fourth high-ranking officer to be killed in Mexico in a week.
Roman Garcia's name appeared at the top of a hit list found several months ago at a monument to slain police officers. Several people on it have been killed, and none of the perpetrators have been caught.