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2 sailors charged with attacking prostitutes

SAN DIEGO — Two sailors are facing attempted murder charges in Mexico after they were arrested by authorities in Tijuana early Thursday over alleged attacks on two prostitutes and an employee at a hotel.

Navy Region Southwest officials identified the two sailors as Information Systems Technician 2nd Class Joshua Dockery, 27, and Aviation Structural Mechanic 3rd Class Jarrett C. Monzingo, 22.

Monzingo, of Cabool, Mo., is assigned to Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 30, based at North Island Naval Air Station in Coronado, according to region spokesman Brian O’Rourke.

Dockery, of Runnemede, N.J., is assigned to Naval Special Warfare Command at Naval Amphibious Base in Coronado, Calif., where he recently attended the Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL course.

Municipal police said that one of the prostitutes was choked and the other was stabbed, and the hotel employee also was stabbed, the San Diego Union-Tribune stated in a report posted on the newspaper’s Web site Friday night.

The arrests come six weeks after top Navy and Marine Corps commanders ordered more restrictions for service members who want to visit Mexico. All Navy personnel up to the rank of first-class petty officer must get their commanders’ approval, must register with the U.S. consulate, complete anti-terrorism security training and have an approved liberty buddy. The top commander of I Marine Expeditionary Force last month began requiring all Marines, regardless if officers or enlisted personnel, to get approved liberty chits for travel to Mexico.