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Mexico disbands Veracruz-Boca del Rio police force
BBC ^ | Dec.21,2011 | unatributted

Posted on 12/21/2011 9:53:17 PM PST by 7MMmag

An entire municipal police force in Mexico has been disbanded as part of a campaign to root out corruption and improve security in the face of drug-related violence.

More than 900 officers in Veracruz-Boca del Rio are losing their jobs.

The move comes three months after 35 bodies were found dumped on a main road in the municipality, which includes part of the city of Veracruz.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Mexico
KEYWORDS: answer4corruption; rx4uspds; zetas

1 posted on 12/21/2011 9:53:18 PM PST by 7MMmag
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To: 7MMmag

Even the Mexican government has said that Veracruz pretty much belongs to the Cartels.


2 posted on 12/21/2011 10:00:11 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: 7MMmag

Once you have corruption, it is very difficult to remove it. Mexico is an example of what can happen when it becomes entrenched.


3 posted on 12/21/2011 10:15:07 PM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults.)
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To: Army Air Corps
Even the Mexican government has said that Veracruz pretty much belongs to the Cartels.

Uh, I hate to break it to you, but the Mexican Government is part of the Cartels, as the cartels now control about 40 percent of the Mexican government. lol..

4 posted on 12/21/2011 10:19:25 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: dragnet2

I know, but I am talking about a public admission of what we already know.


5 posted on 12/21/2011 10:21:37 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: 7MMmag

Del Boca Vista has it’s own police force?


6 posted on 12/21/2011 10:22:53 PM PST by Cyman
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To: 7MMmag

In other news, local drug cartels now have 900 new armed pistoleros....

End the WOD.


7 posted on 12/22/2011 3:41:12 AM PST by Molon Labbie (Occupiers- The world is watching....and alternatively laughing and vomiting)
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To: Jonty30
Once you have corruption, it is very difficult to remove it. Mexico is an example of what can happen when it becomes entrenched.

Washington D C is another............

8 posted on 12/22/2011 6:04:30 AM PST by varon (Allegiance to the Constitution, always. Allegiance to a party, never!)
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