El Paso - Thomason Hospital Goes On Lockdown After Mexican Police Commander Transported To Trauma Center
January 24, 2008
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Thomason Hospital was placed in “lockdown” Wednesday by El Paso and federal law enforcement authorities guarding a Chihuahua police commander who survived an assassination attempt.
El Paso police and sheriff’s deputies stood guard outside with assault rifles, doors were locked and all visitors went through a metal detector in usually tight security for the public hospital.
Esther Griego, 50, of El Paso said the situation was frightening especially after a recent slayings targeting police in Juárez.
“What if they (hitmen) come back? We are all in danger,” Griego said while waiting for her grandmother to get a hospital room.
Commander Fernando Lozano Sandoval, of the Chihuahua State Investigations Agency, is being treated after surviving a mob-style ambush Monday night while driving on a Juárez boulevard.
Lozano, 51, had been in critical but stable condition in a Juárez hospital where he was guarded by heavily-armed Mexican soldiers. On Tuesday evening, at the request of his family, he was transferred by ambulance to Thomason Hospital, Juárez authorities said.
Martin Perez, 42, said he was at the Thomason Hospital on Tuesday when an ambulance arrive escorted by five to six El Paso
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