Police Commissioner Waldemar Doria, head of the Personal Security Police Station in São Paulo, died from gunshot wounds at Santa Catarina Sanatorium early Sunday morning, May 6th. The killing of a senior police commander signals a significant escalation in violence targeting state law enforcement.

By "El Huaso" for Borderland Beat Last night, a shootout between gunmen and the Mexican military in Santa Anita, Los Cabos, left two soldiers injured, five civilians wounded, and one U.S. citizen from California dead. Locals reported gunfire as well as numerous trucks with armed men near the town of Santa Anita, just north of San José del Cabo, a popular vacation spot at the bottom tip of Baja California Sur state.