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| Huixquilucan, Mexico: 110 Municipal Police Fired |
| 2010-06-16 |
| Babelfish... More than one fifth of the municipal police force of Huixquilucan, Mexico have been released from their positions in a program of action officials characterize as a purge, according to the Mexican news daily, El Porvenir. The terminations were carried out as part of an antigang program called Seguridad, Cerca de Ti, which calls for ordinary citizen and civic group involvement in dealing with drugs and criminal gangs. A group of 136 municipal police were placed under a battery of tests, of which 110 were terminated for various reasons including evidence of criminal conduct. Of those 110, 28 were charged with actual crimes. Huixquilucan, Mexico municipal police number about 500 officers. About 150 municipal police officers were fired from Monterrey, Nuevo Leon municipal police last month after failing a similar battery of tests. Additionally about 50 officers quit before undergoing the tests. |
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