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| Mexican military detains 157 police agents -- UPDATED x 2 |
| 2011-10-02 |
| For a map click here. For a map of Nuevo Leon state, click here. For a map of Monterrey, click here El Diario de Coahuila is reporting 130 police officers detained. Proceso is reporting 157 police officers detained. Other updates included in the story At least 157 police agents in the Monterrey, Nuevo Leon metropolitcan area have been arrested and detained for suspected links to organized crime, according to Mexican news accounts. The arrests were conducted as a sweep by Mexican Army and marine units in various locations throughout Monterrey. A total of 80 police officers in Apodaca were taken to facilities of the Agencia Estatal Investigaciones (AEI). Another 27 were detained in Santa catarina. Others were arrested in the rural municipality of Pesqueria, where 13 were detained and Mina, where 46 were detained. All the arrests were said to have been done simultaneously around shift change of the three municipalities. Reports say 27 total have been released while another 18 have been charged, The newest arrest sweep follows on the heels of an August arrest of 113 municipal police officers in Santa Catarina. From that arrest 53 officers remain in detention. The newest detainees will undergo tests to determine their links to organized crime which usually include drug, psychological tests and polygraph examinations. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #2 About $400,000 USD a year should suffice. call em "green jobs" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2011-10-02 23:34 |
| #1 The only answer is to pay cops drug cartel salaries. About $400,000 USD a year should suffice. |
| Posted by: bigjim-CA 2011-10-02 21:47 |
