1.   Among the victims in the most recent killings, which happened a few blocks from the church, were a Jew, two Muslims and a Hindu.

2.   A major drug cartel, the Arellano organization has been implicated in dozens of brutal murders, including recent killings of at least four Mexican anti-drug officers.

3.   After recent killings in Algeria, Pakistan and Egypt by Islamic militants, the final statement included a sharp condemnation of terrorism committed in the name of their religion.

4.   But Daruwalla suspects the recent killings and the earlier double murders were committed by the same person.

5.   But in an unusual twist compared to the recent killings, even some Palestinians speculated that the shooting could have been related to an internal feud.

6.   But Israeli officials, who blamed the most recent killings on Palestinians who had were working illegally in Israel, called for restraint.

7.   But the most recent killing, several residents said, was the most haunting.

8.   But the administration has balked at releasing US documents regarding more recent killings, saying the memos contain confidential deliberations of top National Security Council staff.

9.   But the quiet sense of bliss in Ajijic has been displaced by a rising fear, prompted by the recent killing of two expatriate Americans.

10.   Ethnic, political and religious tensions have been exacerbated by the recent killings of at least eight Iranian diplomats by Afghan Taliban fighters.