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\n<\/span><\/p>\nThe US government has offered a $5m (\u00a33.1m) reward to find those behind a deadly attack on two US officials in Mexico.<\/p>\n
Immigration agent Jaime Zapata was killed and his colleague Victor Avila was injured as they travelled from San Luis Potosi to Mexico City last month.<\/p>\n
It was the first killing of an American official in Mexico in 26 years.<\/p>\n
Several people have been held in connection with the attack, but the investigation remains ongoing. <\/p>\n
The US state department said the reward money was funded by its narcotics rewards programme. <\/p>\n
‘Tweety Bird’<\/span><\/p>\nThe Mexican government has also offered up to 10 million pesos ($839,420; \u00a3522,612) for information leading to an arrest.<\/p>\n
Authorities in Mexico blame the Zetas drugs cartel for the deaths, and have already arrested several of its members. <\/p>\n
In February, Mexican troops detained Julian Zapata Espinoza the alleged leader of the gang, known as El Piolin or Tweety Bird. <\/p>\n
Mexican officials said he told them he and other gunmen had opened fire on the US agent’s car believing it belonged to a rival gang. <\/p>\n
In recent years violence between gangs on the US-Mexico border has escalated.<\/p>\n
The San Luis Potosi area, where the attack happened, is being fought over by the Zetas and a rival group, the Gulf Cartel. <\/p>\n
It is also on the route used by illegal migrants who are trying to reach America. <\/p>\n
Jaime Zapata, 32, of Texas, had been assigned to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency human smuggling and trafficking unit at the US embassy in Mexico City. <\/p>\n
More than 34,000 people have been killed in drug related violence in Mexico since December 2006. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n
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