Police Chief Who Fled Mexico Decries Attacks
EL PASO, Texas --
A young woman who says she left her post as police chief in her Mexican hometown and is seeking U.S. asylum because of death threats calls herself "sad and angry" after a policewoman from her hometown was wounded by assailants.
Marisol Valles Garcia fled from the small border town of Praxedis G. Guerrero. The 21-year-old made international headlines when she took the post after her predecessor was beheaded.
Valles Garcia says what happened to the other policewoman could have happened to her.
Mexican officials say the officer and her husband and child were stabbed in their home during a robbery, not an assassination attempt.
Mexicans asking for asylum face an uphill battle. The U.S. received nearly 19,000 requests since 2005, but granted asylum to just 319 between 2005 and 2010.
