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by Jordan Yerman | December 29, 2007 at 12:10 pm
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Mexico is getting serious in its battle against narco-corruption, going as far as to disarm Rosarito's police force. Beyond forensic testing, the move sends a clear message as to who the boss is. Whether this will actually affect drug trafficking in the region remains to be seen.
The Mexican army has confiscated guns from the entire police force of the town of Rosarito, near the Mexican border with the US.Mexican authorities suspect that the town's police have been colluding with drug trafficking gangs.
Mexican troops carried out a similar crackdown in January on Tijuana police.
The Rosarito force's 200 guns will be examined to see whether any were used in an attack on the town's police chief earlier this month.
One of his bodyguards was killed in the attack.
"We recognise that the enemy is inside our house and for this reason we are purging the ranks - we need to have confidence in our police," Baja California state police chief Daniel de la Rosa said.
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at 23:15 on December 29th, 2007
Good luck, hope it works.
at 10:30 on December 30th, 2007
jordan, This is good stuff. I hope this measure helps stop drug smugglers from causing so much violence at the border. Innocent people suffer from their money making greed. I love the title.