MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A bomb exploded in Mexico City near the security ministry headquarters on Friday, killing one person and injuring two others, the city's police chief said.
Police chief Joel Ortega said a man died in the explosion,which appeared to be caused by a device planted near theministry building in the city centre. A woman and a young manwere badly hurt.
"There were two explosions. It was a device that set offtwo explosions," Ortega told Mexican radio.
President Felipe Calderon has deployed the army in ayear-old battle with Mexico's powerful drug cartels. Policehave made several busts in the capital and arrested suspecteddrug gang members found with large arsenals of weapons.
Mexico was also hit last year by a series of nonfatal bombattacks by a left-wing guerrilla group on oil installations.
(Reporting by Cyntia Barrera, Anahi Rama and Miguel AngelGutierrez)
