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Mexico Fires 10% Of It's Police Force

source: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/08/30/2010-08-30_mexico_fires_3200_police_officer...

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Mexico fires 3,200 police officers for incompetence, corruption

Mexico busted on Monday an alleged brutal drug kingpin nicknamed "the Barbie" who is blamed for a vicious turf war that has included bodies hanged from bridges.

The arrest of Edgar Valdez Villarreal, who had a $4 million bounty on his head, capped a year-long intelligence operation.

Valdez - the third major druglord brought down by Mexico's security forces in less than a year - was charged in May with distributing thousands of pounds of cocaine from Mexico to the eastern U.S. from 2004 to 2006.

Mexican authorities have said Valdez was battling for control of the Beltran Leyva cartel since its leader, Arturo Beltran Leyva, was killed in a December shootout with marines in Cuernavaca, a city just south of Mexico City.

The bust came as Mexico fired 3,200 police officers for incompetence or corruption Monday, a day after another border town mayor was assassinated - the second in two weeks.

Another 1,020 federal officers face discipline because they failed a test that aims to identify who might take a drug lord's bribe.

The dramatic firing of 10% of Mexico's cops came as the three-year-old border drug war escalated to bloody new levels of violence.


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13 comments // Mexico Fires 10% Of It's Police Force

  • hunzedog
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      hunzedog  

    • cannabis grows free from the ground...stupid laws make it worth money..money makes greed...greed is evil......

      legalize cannabis and stop the madness

    • 1 year ago
  • chanjuan
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      chanjuan  

    • Besides from criticizing the horrible Mexican goverment, we should also do our part. Supply and demand, the Mexican cartels are simply trying to supply all the druggies in the USA. We are not better than them.

    • 1 year ago
  • CalPal
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      CalPal  

    • "The Barbie"?

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      BAHAHAHAHA!! That is the most pathetic nickname for a kingpin EVER! I mean seriously, what the hell?! XD

    • 1 year ago
  • chanjuan
  • Pedroptz
  • Sparky2U
  • EmperorThan
  • pandaman2105
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      pandaman2105  

    • we can only hope that this proves to be a start of some change.

      If they get their shit together and commit to going through every part of the system to seek out the corrupt policemen, then perhaps we can hear a little more about the honest and fearless members who want to eliminate the violence and try their hardest to do so.

      but any of our involvement would be BONKERS!! we, who don't even let them in on a good day, would be horribly stupid to invade them and seriously attempt to fight against bloodsucking, king-like leaders who are blowing each other up on a daily basis with machine guns!

    • 1 year ago
  • NiceN
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      NiceN  

    • Mexico, are you sure you fired the "corrupt" officers? Or did you fire the good ones that would not take any bribes, after all your president was in a couple of these druglords' pocket... My unflappable optimism hopes for good to triumph over evil, but this is the real world.

    • 1 year ago
  • UrbanGypsy
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      UrbanGypsy  

    • Good to see that the Mexican government is taking things seriously. If things get out of control in Mexico the violence can end up spilling over to the United States. Some people are even advocating US involvement in the Mexican drug war if the Mexican government proves to be incapable of containing the violence.

      I for one think that bringing in US troops would be a very bad idea. The US would be pilloried in the international press and by many inside the US as well... regardless of any actual good that comes from US involvement. So let's hope the Mexicans get their act together.

    • 1 year ago
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