MEXICO.- The Attorney General of Mexico Marisela Morales, informed today that the provisional detention of the 12 federal officers, who were involved in the shooting against a vehicle from the U.S. embassy, will be detained for 40 more days.

In declarations made to the press, after the signing of an agreement to promote "the culture of legality" with the Mexican Association against Organized Crime or "MUCD", the Attorney General said that there have been some advances made in the details in the ongoing investigation of the case.

After questioning Morales about what she thought about the information that the U.S. media has spread, on how a U.S. government official is certain that the Mexican officers, who are detained, are also involved with the organized crime in Mexico.

She replied, "We are still working hard with many sources in this investigation, and are not discarding of any possibilities".

"We have extended the detention of the officers for 40 more days, in which we will exhaust every source we have that will allow us to investigate further in this matter", she added.

On Friday August 24th two U.S. government officials who specialize in national security were shot at and injured, as they travelled in a bullet proof vehicle that had diplomatic plates and decals.

Their vehicle was attacked by officers from the Mexican Federal Police, as they were traveling on a main highway in route to the state of Morelos.

The Ministry of Public Safety of Mexico stated that the officers, who were involved in the shooting, were actually investigating a kidnapping of a public federal official.

The U.S. embassy in Mexico on their part stated that since the first instance "this attack had been an ambush".

A judge ordered the detention of the officers for 40 more days for the crime "abuse of authority" among others. Morales state also that this period was extended for the main reason, which it will allow for a more detailed investigation.

On another topic, the Attorney General also declined to comment on the information from the U.S. that the firearms from the operation "Fast and Furious", were to be used to perpetrate massacres by the organized crime in Mexico.

"We are exchanging all the available information with them (referring to U.S. government officials), to resolve the isolated incidents that we were able to detect, but for the moment being we are not available to release any of the details", she pointed out.

Editorial@SanDiegoRed.com

Translation : Omar.Martinez@sandiegored.com