Mexico- Drug dealer's shoot down police helicopter

MORELIA, Mexico – Suspected drug traffickers downed a police helicopter in the western Mexican state of Michoacan, killing the pilot and three officers, Gov. Silvano Aureoles said.

The governor said on Twitter that the attack occurred while the helicopter was providing support to an operation aimed at arresting leaders of criminal cells in an area difficult to access by land.

He added that one other officer was injured.

The attack occurred Tuesday afternoon in La Angostura, a community in the south-central part of Michoacan, while the helicopter was providing support for soldiers and federal and state police during an operation targeting an armed group that was believed to be escorting Ignacio Andrade Renteria, or “El Cenizo.”

Andrade Renteria has been identified as the former chief enforcer of Los Caballeros Templarios (Knights Templar), a drug gang weakened since 2013 by the emergence of vigilante groups in Michoacan.

Andrade Renteria currently is on the Mexican authorities’ list of most-wanted suspects.

Last weekend, soldiers and police seized an arsenal that included two rocket launchers and three anti-tank missiles after two clashes with purported enforcers on the payroll of El Cenizo.

El Cenizo allegedly currently works for the Jalisco Nueva Generacion cartel, which operates in Michoacan along with the Nueva Familia Michoacana, Los Caballeros Templarios, Los Viagras and Los H-3 gangs, among others.

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Three mosquito samples found in Miami Beach have tested positive for the Zika virus

 MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - Three mosquito samples found in Miami Beach have tested positive for the Zika virus, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services said Thursday.

 

"This find is disappointing, but not surprising," Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam said. "Florida is among the best in the nation when it comes to mosquito surveillance and control, and this detection enables us to continue to effectively target our resources. Miami-Dade County, the city of Miami Beach and state and federal partners will continue to work aggressively to prevent the spread of Zika.

Five Dead in Attack in Christian Neighborhood in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD - At least five people were killed Friday, including four insurgents, in an attack against a neighborhood of the Christian minority in Peshawar in northwestern Pakistan, according to officials.

"Terrorist attacked Christian Colony Warsak Road, Peshawar. Sec forces promptly responded, all 4 suicide bombers killed. Search in progress," said Asim Bajwal, Director General of the army's Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) in an official tweet.

Peshawar police spokesman Mohamed Usman told EFE that a Christian person had also died in the attack, and one security guard was wounded, although the spokesman cited three dead attackers.

According to Usman, the attack began at 6am local time (3am GMT) when a group of insurgents wearing explosive vests entered the neighborhood, hurled two grenades at an church and engaged in a shootout with the police and the army that lasted over an hour.

Images broadcast by local television channels showed a large number of police officers patrolling Peshawar and helicopters flying above the city.

No insurgent group has claimed the attack so far.

Pakistan's Christian minority population, comprising less than 4 million people in a country of almost 200 million, endures longstanding discrimination and has been frequently targeted by attacks over the years.

In March, 71 people were killed in a suicide attack in a park in the eastern city of Lahore.

Pakistani Taliban group Jamaat-ul-Ahrar had claimed responsibility for that attack and said it was directed against Christians who were celebrating Easter.

Friday's attack comes less than a month after another suicide attack in Quetta claimed the lives of 71 people and wounded another 128.