after this past saturday when mexican soldiers kill 13 gun man kidnappers and drug traffickers this monday  Gunmen launched grenades and opened fire in near simultaneous attacks on two police stations in Acapulco Monday, killing three officers in violence that broke out less than 48 hours after a gunbattle in the resort left 17 dead.

The bold, pre-dawn attacks Monday also wounded one police officer in this Pacific resort city, which has long been plagued by drug violence.

Gunmen fatally shot two officers sitting in a patrol car parked outside one police station. A few minutes later, assailants attacked a second station, about two miles (three kilometers) away, wounding two officers, according to the Guerrero state police department. One of the officers later died.

Soldiers set up roadblocks in search of the suspects, who shot up at least eight patrol cars.Los Flamingos Hotel that was once a private club for Hollywood stars including John Wayne and "Tarzan" star Johnny Weissmuller.