Alejandro Domínguez Coello (1950 – June 8, 2005) was a Mexican police officer who was, for a short time, the

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. He had volunteered for the job, which no one else wanted. On June 8, 2005, just hours after being commissioned, he was gunned down by men firing assault rifles from a

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vehicle. It was thought he was killed in a turf battle between Mexico's two main

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gangs. He was 55 years of age, and a father of 3. In the aftermath, federal troops and police took control of the city - and fifty people were killed in gun battles.

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