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| Mexican marines take over Acapulco from cartel-infiltrated police |
| 2018-09-27 |
| [The National] Mexico’s new government has sent heavily armed marines into the famous beach resort of Acapulco to disarm and take over a local police force they believe may be widely infiltrated by violent cartels. Acapulco in southern Guerrero state, once a glamorous beach resort for Hollywood's rich and famous, has fallen on hard times as entrenched drug crime has transformed it into one of the most murderous cities in the world. The local police’s near non-existent response to the rising violence led to the military’s intervention and the arrest of three top officers on Tuesday. Two police commanders were placed in durance vile Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! on murder charges, and the highway police chief for carrying unlicensed weapons, he said. Fearing the Acapulco police force had been infiltrated by the narco mobs, the marines, together with state and federal police, deployed in a massive ground and air operation around the Pacific coast city's police headquarters, said Guerrero state security front man Roberto Alvarez. |
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