European Pressphoto Agency
Federal police raided local police stations in the
Mexican state of Nuevo León on Tuesday, following a
standoff Monday in the city of Monterrey, above, at
which federal police arrested seven municipal agents.
Posted on 06/10/2009 1:18:01 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch
MEXICO CITY — In a hair-raising standoff that sent motorists scrambling for cover, municipal police pulled their guns on masked federal agents in one of Mexico's biggest cities — a stark display of the tensions caused by a crackdown on drug corruption among the country's lawmen.
Federal forces are leading sweeps across the country to round up local officers and politicians accused of collaborating with brutal drug cartels. Many city police are furious at seeing colleagues disarmed, humiliated and dragged away in handcuffs.
Monday evening's confrontation started when federal police showed up to disperse city officers who were protesting the federal raids by blocking several streets in San Nicolas and Escobedo, suburbs of Monterrey, the country's third largest city.
Anxious motorists fled their cars and took cover — although no shots were fired.
"The federal officers told motorists to get out of their cars because they were afraid the city police were going to open fire," said a state police spokeswoman, who was not authorized to give her name in line with department policy.
Seven people were arrested, the state public safety department reported, but officials would not say whether they included any officers.
The incident was dramatized in photos published Tuesday by Mexican newspapers. Mexico City's Reforma showed a state officer holding his gun against the head of a federal policeman.
In Nuevo Leon state, where Monterrey is located, soldiers and federal officers this month raided police stations in 18 towns to detained 78 officers suspected of working with drug smugglers — information often gleaned from lists of police names in the possession of alleged traffickers.
Nuevo Leon state prosecutor Luis Carlos Trevino said investigators have uncovered evidence of local police kidnapping soldiers and handing them over to hit men, who then killed them.
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Federal police raided local police stations in the
Mexican state of Nuevo León on Tuesday, following a
standoff Monday in the city of Monterrey, above, at
which federal police arrested seven municipal agents.
If ANYBODY comes up to you with a gun and a mask, it’s probably a good idea to shoot FIRST.
Tis really sad, the AFI, the Agency Federal Investigation, like FBI has been compromised, and uniforms acquired in local crime shops, dress up and go in gangs, dressed as for real, when in fact it’s he drug lords in disguise. Kind of eery,
Not exactly a Mexican standoff.
“Kind of eery”
More like scary. Who can you trust down there, Rovenstinez?
Sounds like a typical macho Charlie Fox. Should ANY of them really have weapons?
Colonel, USAFR
Ping!
If you want on, or off this S. Texas/Mexico ping list, please FReepMail me.
"Your neighbor needs your help. Do you have it within you to lend a hand? Will you book yourself a week on the beach in Cabo or Puerto Vallarta, or explore Mexico City or one of the colonial cities in the heart of Mexico?
"Say what you will about Mexico, and there is plenty negative to be said, our southern neighbor has been a fairly reliable, stable and friendly partner for more than half a century...
"you can do your part to help out a good neighbor -- book a trip south. Pronto."
(Ah those L.A. Times shills for La Raza, they are quite the jokesters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2268072/posts)
Packin’... You?
I ain’t admitin nuttin
...everybody must start thinking right now about what will be your response when a bunch of pres Zero's "domestic peace force" (ACORN/Black Panther thugs)show up at your house without any kind of warrant or court order to see if you have any guns.....
“When mugabe’s security force aka AKORN shows up at my house”. I live in Texas and we have the castle law. I really think they will go where there is little resistance like DC, Chitcago where the obamanoids are disarmed. Sucks to be you if you live in a liberal run town.
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