Posted at 10:00 a.m. EST Thursday, February 15, 2001 in the Miami Herald

MEXICO CITY -- (AP) -- A Cuban diplomat was shot to death in Mexico City on Thursday, apparently after resisting an attempt to steal his car, according to local news media.

The government's Notimex news agency identified the victim as Boris Valek Lopez, 36.

Local television stations, said the attack occurred shortly after the man had left the Cuban embassy in the Polanco neighborhood.

Notimex said two men tried to steal his car, which has diplomatic license plates, and fired when he resisted.

He was taken to the Hospital Espanol, where he was pronounced dead.

The attackers fled.

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