Draft:2001 Mexican Chamber of Deputies bombing attempt

The 2001 Mexican Chamber of Deputies bombing attempt was an attempted bombing that targeted the Mexican Chamber of Deputies (Spanish: Cámara de Diputados) on October 10, 2001. The attack was attempted by 34-year old former Israeli Defense Force colonel Salvador Guersson Smecke along with 2 other preparators.

The attack was the top news on Mexican television the day it occurred, but it vanished within just a few days.

Background
Salvador Guersson Smecke, Alberto Shemaria León,


 * Eli Sthark Ilan

Bombing Plot
At around 4:00PM. After a group of sugar industry workers met with Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, Beatriz Paredes, discussing their concerns in the chamber and were about to be in the chamber for 48 hours, The two individuals began photographing the workers; this behavior, as well as the way they photographed the workers (aiming their cameras below their belts), and who had seen the men the day before.

infuriated, the workers and demanded their identification. The 2 individuals claimed to be press photographers. Unconvinced, the workers overwhelmed them, only to learn that they were armed with firearms and other weapons. A disturbance broke out, and a few workers alerted congressional security, who had also seen the men the day before, who eventually broke up the disturbance and detained the two individuals while disarming them.

Arrest and Proceedings
Queretaro