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Prof.Gringo
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 Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 12:16 am Post subject: Entire Veracruz Police Force FIRED! |
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MEXICO CITY (AP) � It has come to this: firing an entire police force in a major Mexican port city.
Police in Veracruz-Boca del Rio had become so infiltrated, mainly by the Zetas drug cartel according to one military official, that government officials had no choice but to take the most drastic measure yet against corrupt police in Mexico.
President Felipe Calderon has found out, some say too late, that one of the biggest obstacles to his five-year crackdown on organized crime is the local police, who are often in the employ of drug traffickers.
Wednesday's move to fire 800 officers and 300 administrative personnel in the Gulf coast city of 700,000 was unprecedented.
http://news.yahoo.com/mexico-port-city-police-infiltrated-zetas-gang-183027452.html
Seems to me the only smart thing to do would be to create a national, para-military police force. One that conducts REAL background checks, that has safeguards against corruption, training and most important, the ability to actually protect people and restore faith in the police in Mexico. |
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EFLeducator
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| Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 6:38 am Post subject: Re: Entire Veracruz Police Force FIRED! |
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| Prof.Gringo wrote: |
MEXICO CITY (AP) � It has come to this: firing an entire police force in a major Mexican port city.
Police in Veracruz-Boca del Rio had become so infiltrated, mainly by the Zetas drug cartel according to one military official, that government officials had no choice but to take the most drastic measure yet against corrupt police in Mexico.
President Felipe Calderon has found out, some say too late, that one of the biggest obstacles to his five-year crackdown on organized crime is the local police, who are often in the employ of drug traffickers.
Wednesday's move to fire 800 officers and 300 administrative personnel in the Gulf coast city of 700,000 was unprecedented.
http://news.yahoo.com/mexico-port-city-police-infiltrated-zetas-gang-183027452.html
Seems to me the only smart thing to do would be to create a national, para-military police force. One that conducts REAL background checks, that has safeguards against corruption, training and most important, the ability to actually protect people and restore faith in the police in Mexico. |
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