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| Cleaning House: 600 Monterrey, Nuevo Leon Cops to be Tested |
| 2010-05-25 |
| Rinsed through babelfish and edited for clarity... About 600 police of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon were quartered without previous warning during two days and will be put under diverse tests that will try to determine who may have ties with drug trafficking, Monterrey city officials said today. During that time, they will be put under five different tests to see if they can stay police or will be fired. During this time Mexican Army units and Nuevo Leon state police agents will patrol the city. The Army has documented that the Monterrey police are infiltrated by organized crime and that many of their members work for the group known as "the Zs". Recently several Monterrey police agents have been arrested for collaborating with cartels of the drug cartels, trafficking and kidnapping for contract including making payment arrangements and murder. City officials emphasized that the 14 supervisors of the department and approximately the 600 police will be put under, starting today and until Tuesday, five examinations, including psychometric, antidoping and polygraph. The test results are expected to be released Friday as well as who will be reinstated and who will be fired. City officials say officers who refuse any tests will be fired immediately. During these two days, Mexican soldiers, state police agents and a guard of 140 uniformed policemen will watch the city. At the moment the police department of Monterrey maintains a deficit of around 100 agents. In addition, in the present administration 180 police have been fired for "loss of confidence". |
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