( CNN ) -- At least 14 people were killed in 48 hours in Ciudad Juarez , Mexico , including the Tuesday deaths of a municipal police officer and a newspaper vendor who police believe was targeted because of her job . In a statement Tuesday , federal police said they believed the female newspaper vendor was targeted by an area gang because she was seen as a threat to the gang 's control of street vendors . `` La Linea thought she was discriminating against newspaper vendors they were extorting , '' municipal police spokesman Adrian Sanchez said . The woman , identified as Maribel Hernandez , distributed the El Diario de Juarez newspaper , the most widely circulated paper in the city . Police said they had arrested a suspect who told them he was paid about $ 250 for the killing . Also Tuesday , municipal police officer Ciro Puga Cruz , 39 , was killed after armed gunmen shot him 15 times at a crowded intersection while his car stopped at a red light . The killing happened in front of dozens of people and caused panic , said journalist Arturo Chacon who was at the scene . The brazen shooting occurred after the officer left the police station at the end of his shift , Sanchez said . The shooters fled the scene and are still at large , police said . More than 100 police officers were killed in 2010 , 67 of which were municipal , according to Sanchez .
Police : A newspaper vendor is targeted by an area gang in turf war . A police officer is killed at a crowded intersection . More than 100 police officers were killed last year , Sanchez says .