Police Pursuits Mexico

Authorities Tuesday chased suspected car thieves in two separate pursuits through Orange County. The first chase began in National City south of San Diego at 3:40 a.m. when police tried to stop a gray 1986 Mazda 626 for a minor traffic violation, according to Lyle Whitten of the California Highway Patrol office in Westminster.

Authorities Tuesday chased suspected car thieves in two separate pursuits through Orange County. The first chase began in National City south of San Diego at 3:40 a.m. when police tried to stop a gray 1986 Mazda 626 for a minor traffic violation, according to Lyle Whitten of the California Highway Patrol office in Westminster.

Two burglary suspects in a stolen car led police on a two-county, 85-mile freeway chase Wednesday that started in Irvine and ended with gunfire in Tijuana, where Mexican police captured the two uninjured Americans. The wild ride, which at times hit 100 m.p.h., began about 11:30 a.m., when an Irvine woman saw two strange men enter her neighbor's home on Stone Pine Drive. Adding to her suspicion was the white 1982 Volkswagen Rabbit the two had parked out front.

Two burglary suspects in a stolen car led police on a two-county, 85-mile freeway chase Wednesday that started in Irvine and ended with gunfire in Tijuana, where Mexican police captured the two uninjured Americans. The wild ride, which at times hit 100 m.p.h., began about 11:30 a.m., when an Irvine woman saw two strange men enter her neighbor's home on Stone Pine Drive. Adding to her suspicion was the white 1982 Volkswagen Rabbit the two had parked out front.