Miss Garcia was a brave woman who took a job no one else would. On October 9, 2010 she was appointed police chief of Meoqui, in Chihuahua. She, for her own reasons, elected not to carry weapons as the other officers did. Nonetheless, she was a target just because she stood in the way of the drug cartels. She was assassinated yesterday on her way to work. Two carloads of gunmen against an unarmed woman. She took a post that had been vacant for nearly two years, and that several male officers had refused to take. Being chief of police is a particularly dangerous job in Mexico. The decision she made to be unarmed is beyond me, but she nonetheless willingly took that risk because she wanted to help control the cartels' operations in her town. I have to admire her bravery and her devotion to a task so dangerous and nearly impossible to accomplish. Incidentally, there are three other ladies who have become police chiefs in Mexico cities as no one else would take the "top cop" positions.
I hope Miss Garcia is honored as a hero in her city and nation. She left behind her parents whom she was supporting. She was a lawyer prior to becoming chief of police. Rest In Peace, Chief Garcia
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