■ Mexico
Robbers get away with cash
Bandits broke into the vault of an armored car company in northwestern Mexico and stole at least 120 million pesos (US$10.5 million), and officials said Tuesday they had no made no arrests in the case. The robbers intercepted two security guards on their way to work late Saturday in Ciudad Obregon, then threatened to hurt the guards' family members unless they helped with the robbery, Sonora state police said in a statement Sunday. The attackers then entered the building of Seguridad Especial de Proteccion, which distributes money by armored vehicles, and waited all night with the guards, fleeing with the money early Sunday, when the doors opened automatically, police said.
■ United States
Police chase `Blues Brother'
Minnesota olice responding to a call of a convulsing Elvis Presley impersonator soon found themselves in a high-speed chase of another faux celebrity -- a man dressed as one of the Blues Brothers. Crystal Police Captain Dave Oyaas said the bizarre string of events began when officers were called to a veterans hall Monday morning to find a man dressed as Elvis Presley apparently in convulsions. When the officers approached, Oyaas said the man suddenly jumped up and yelled, "Viva Las Vegas!" before singing show tunes. At about the same time, two women said another man at the veterans hall dressed as John Belushi's character in The Blues Brothers had stolen their car and driven to a nearby airport. The man led police on a high-speed chase around the airport before officers forced him to stop and arrested him.
■ United States
Chemicals found in ditch
A drum of sodium cyanide missing since it fell off a truck was found by searchers in a ditch along a highway in northeastern North Dakota, authorities said. "We're very relieved," Ramsey County Sheriff Steve Nelson said Tuesday. "We're especially relieved that we found it sealed and intact." Sodium cyanide can turn into a lethal gas if it comes in contact with water. Authorities believe the drum holds about 57 liters of the chemical.
■ United States
Police search for killer
Los Angeles authorities on Tuesday appealed for help in catching a killer who gunned down a 14-year-old boy 19 times as he begged for his life in an alley. Teenager Byron Lee was executed as he rode his bicycle through an alley near his family's home on Saturday in the gang-plagued South Central district of the city. Witnesses told police that the boy fell from his bike after he was first shot. But two suspected gang members in their late teens or early 20s then got out of a car and fired more shots as the boy knelt and clasped his hands and begged for mercy.
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