Major Mexican City Disbands Entire Police Force To Combat Corruption
- Posted on December 21, 2011 at 7:34pm by
Buck Sexton
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(The Blaze/AP)– The entire police force in the major Gulf coast port city of Veracruz was dissolved on Wednesday, and Mexican officials sent the Navy in to patrol.
The Veracruz state government said the decision is part of an effort to root out police corruption and start from zero in the state’s largest city.
State spokeswoman Gina Dominguez said 800 police officers and 300 administrative employees were laid off. At a press conference, she said they can apply for jobs in a state police force, but must meet stricter standards for an agency with officers “who are better trained and more committed and who can deliver under our current security circumstances.”
Armed marines barricaded police headquarters Wednesday and Navy helicopters were flying above the city where 35 bodies were dumped in September. It was one of the worst gang attacks of Mexico’s drug war.
The change was agreed upon Monday by Veracruz Gov. Javier Duarte and federal Interior Secretary Alejandro Poire.
Mexico’s army has taken over police operations several times before, notably in the border city of Ciudad Juarez and the border state of Tamaulipas. But Veracruz becomes the first state to completely disband a large police department and use marines as law enforcers. There are about 2,400 marines in the state of Veracruz.
Dominguez said the Navy operations will last only until the state can train more of its own police. Duarte already had disbanded a police force in the state’s capital of Xalapa, but in that case state agents immediately replaced city police.
President Felipe Calderon has pushed an ambitious process for vetting all of Mexico’s 460,000 police officers. His administration allocated $331 million for 200 cities to train and re-equip municipal police forces.
Governors have complained they lack the resources to ensure their police forces are clean.
Veracruz is a common route for drugs and migrants coming from the south. It was first dominated by the Gulf Cartel, and then its former armed wing, the Zetas, took over after the two split. The state saw a rise in crime this spring after a government offensive in neighboring Tamaulipas scared drug criminals away to Veracruz.
But the dumping of the 35 bodies shocked Mexico as it turned the port into a battleground between the Zetas and a gang aligned with the Sinaloa Cartel, led by Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.
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Comments (64)
ronin_6
Posted on December 22, 2011 at 1:49amWhat a mess. Good luck to them. I can think of a few municipalities here that could use the same sort of treatment. I would use the National Guard, not the Army though. Posse comitatus don’t you know.
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on December 22, 2011 at 11:19amYou know, as the 7th largest economy, you’d think Mexico could mount an effective counter offensive, if they wanted to.
I mean, all you hear about from the ‘hispanic’ community and in school is how bad this general was and how tough their military is and all that jive. But in reality; not so much.
Let’s close up shop and leave the doors open so we can be robbed and or killed.
Report Post »Marsh626
Posted on December 22, 2011 at 1:33amThe good news is is that these same corruption loving Mexicans are taking over America…
Report Post »starman70
Posted on December 22, 2011 at 9:38amAnd if the present administration has its way, they will have a “Path to citizenship”, a free ride without complying with the immigration statutes.
Report Post »B-Neil
Posted on December 22, 2011 at 11:11am@Marsh626; Please get your head out of your a-s. No foreign power or people will ever take over the United States of America. They may practice there evil for a little while, in the end; they will lose. We Americans are mongrels. We can’t be overcome or trained. Kicken a-s is our creed. Freedom is our breed. CARRY ON McDUFF p.s. MERRY CHRISTMAS to all even the atheists
Report Post »Cool Customer
Posted on December 22, 2011 at 1:16amViva Mexico!!
Report Post »Rob
Posted on December 22, 2011 at 1:10amI can’t understand how anyone who believes in Liberty can think that we can use lethal force to stop people from hurting themselves with drugs. We either own our body’s and stay out of other peoples business or we give up ownership to our wise overloards. Anytime we give Government the right to take away citizens rights to protect them from themselves, the creature (Govt) exceeds the creator (We the People) and becomes out master.
Report Post »willbedone
Posted on December 22, 2011 at 7:52amThat is a rather mioptic view of the problem. It is not that the drugies are hurting themselves. The problem is the violence, and other criminal activity associated with supporting thier drug habit, and don’t give a damn attitude has saturated the rest of society.
Report Post »eric6161
Posted on December 22, 2011 at 11:57amI agree with you but before we can legalize drugs we MUST legalize the right of non-drug taking citizens to arm themselves against those who can’t afford to buy legal drugs and must resort to robbing others to finance their habit. Those that can‘t afford drugs and can’t post the $20,000 bond that would be required to buy drugs and live at home would be required to live in a drug colony far away from population centers until they were drug free for some period of time and were ready to join civilization once again.
Report Post »concretesense
Posted on December 22, 2011 at 1:05pmWillBeDone, you are correct. The problem is the violence and crime associated with drugs. You are mistaken of the cause, though. The violence and crime is caused by the SMUGGLING of the drugs, not the consumption of them. If the government wasn’t dictating how people live their lives, drugs wouldn’t be smuggled, crime would drop dramatically, and to top it off, it would be a very large revenue stream for the government to use for the things it should be doing, like providing for our defense and just getting out of the way for just about everything else.
Report Post »Constitutional_Conservatism
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 4:13pmPlease don’t shift the blame from the murderers to the politicians. Murderers are murderers, if they kill for a buck legalizing won’t stop this problem. There will still be thousands of members who will need to be caught for murder. Do you think they will go down without a fight?
Report Post »Tretka
Posted on December 22, 2011 at 12:44amHello, citizen of the Southwest here. I have always loved how people blame the U.S. for the drug cartels. If we could just solve all our darn drug addicts, well, there we have it! What baloney.
Mexico is so terrible to their people. The Mexican government is corrupt, weak, and worthless. I have sat shaking my head for years. What is it that we can not get straight about shutting off Mexico?
Mexico solve your problems!
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on December 22, 2011 at 12:57amAmericans are going to wish they disbanded their police forces too eventually.
Report Post »jasmer
Posted on December 22, 2011 at 7:10amIf it were only so easy. When you’re offered “plata o plomo”, and the money offered is double your year’s salary, would YOU look the other way? Not only is it quite hard for these wretches to say “no” in the face of death, but the money involved is staggering. That the fault of America; our market full of indolent Occu-whiners keeps the narco-terrorists’ coffers full.
Report Post »decendentof56
Posted on December 22, 2011 at 12:28amRobert…..
Report Post »By “Black Market”, I assume you are referring to Eric Holder and Barrack Hussein Obama?
Decendent
KangarooJack
Posted on December 22, 2011 at 12:27amgee, YOU try explaining this to 10yr olds!
Try explaining it without graphic detail…give up? I’m off shopping tommorrow and guess what? That cheesy movie Red Dawn? It’s on the list for a stocking stuffer!
Report Post »RedDawn2012
Posted on December 22, 2011 at 7:26amCheesy? Yo mama! At least you’re headed in the right direction. Those who are prepared to fight will be eaten.
Report Post »RedDawn2012
Posted on December 22, 2011 at 7:44amMake that “NOT prepared to fight” – we need an “edit” function on this baby.
Report Post »garbagecanlogic
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 11:51pmHell, why not open our borders to all of them! They are all corrupt and many are already over here.
The U.S. Out Of The U.N.
Report Post »The U.N. Out Of The U.S.
RightPolitically
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 9:58pmThey need to disband the entire country.
Report Post »decendentof56
Posted on December 22, 2011 at 12:25amThey could have just called Chuck Norris!
Report Post »zorro
Posted on December 22, 2011 at 9:02amI think this is where they are headed. Only an all out civil war can get them back on track.
Report Post »robert
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 9:46pmThe cartels are fighting each other right now, but if they ever unite long enough to direct their forces against the Mex government, they are strong enough and influential enough to take over the country.
The major drug cartels in Mexico are right this minute on the verge of destroying the Mexican government. According to Mexican investigative reporters all the cartels have to do is quit fighting each other and unite against the government. They boast at least 100,000 boots on the ground and have armaments they have purchased from the black market which equips them almost as well as the Mexican military.
According to Janet Napolitano the cartels are in 200 major American cities right now. They have thoroughly infiltrated the border states and some have even ran for public office. Drug pesos are in the pockets of most all Mexican officials, including much of the police and some of the military. In Sinaloa the Cartel there has built hospitals and other community projects and have won the hearts and minds of a large number of citizens in the area. The Gulf Cartel has done the same further north.
The Zetas, La Familia, the Juarez and the Tijuana cartels all employ many peole from their respective areas, and have many others as avid supporters.
The cartels probably have greater economic power than the Mexican government, taking in more than 60 billion dollars per year from US sales alone.
Calderone is trying, but it won’t be enough.
Report Post »Locked
Posted on December 22, 2011 at 11:11amThat’s a pretty good synopsis of the situation, and pretty much right on target with what I’ve heard and read. Well done!
Report Post »steve-in-pa
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 9:45pmWhen I was in my late teens early 20‘s back in the mid 90’s my father was a CEO of a leading company in Mexico City. You would never leave the house without a bodyguard or two and a glove box full of bribe money. I was never allowed to leave the house alone, being six foot and very white I stood out to say the least. The movie with Denzel Washington was spot on, I knew a few people who were kidnapped and the last thing you did was go to the police, just pay the ransom. You had to keep a well stocked safe at home at all times. There were also plenty of good thing about Mexico though, the museums,food and golf courses were excellent.
Report Post »abbygirl1994
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 9:29pmNow if they just follow through. maybe they can actually do something for their country.. Next stop.. your corrupt President.. who thinks it is alright for his people to come here.. but if you over stay there your in big trouble.. Hypocrite! God help us!
Report Post »cmark
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 9:21pmGood start for our own corrupt Government. The Lawless we call Congressmen, Senators, Judges, Governors, Presidents, Mayors, and the like should all resign Immediately.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on December 22, 2011 at 5:43amAnd La Raza will help these illegal slugs vote… nullifying our vote. We need to demand ID in order to vote.
Report Post »KidCharlemagne
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 9:21pmSome things never change:
“The effects of Prohibition were largely unanticipated. Production, importation, and distribution of alcoholic beverages — once the province of legitimate business — were taken over by criminal gangs, which fought each other for market control in violent confrontations, including mass murder. Major gangsters, such as Omaha‘s Tom Dennison and Chicago’s Al Capone, became rich and were admired locally and nationally. Enforcement was difficult because the gangs became so rich they were often able to bribe underpaid and understaffed law-enforcement personnel and pay for expensive lawyers.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volstead_Act
This is the principle reason why the federal drug war just doesn’t work (except it works for organized crime, of course). Prohibition eliminates competition for organized crime and allows it to grow exponentially. Subsequently, organized crime uses the profound wealth created by this condition to put law enforcement on its payroll.
As a result, the economic incentives become warped for those in law enforcement (who can offer the biggest compensation package?…..organized crime?…or the taxpayer?).
Report Post »mcgrawactor1
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 9:06pmIsn’t this a little like the fox guarding the henhouse? Um…YUP!!
Report Post »Pyronaught
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 9:04pmI like this idea. Now lets apply the same thing to the U.S. Congress.
Report Post »mcgrawactor1
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 9:10pmDitto
Report Post »ramburner
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 9:20pmAlmost took the words outta my mouth! Why is this different than Washington? If the Mexican officials can see the solution, why are Americans so reluctant to do it? We NEED a CLEAN SLATE in Washington in 2012. A rule of thumb is; if you recognize the name, vote for the opponent! If you are smarter than that, research the background of the Candidates. 1) If they have been in Congress for more than 2 Terms, vote for the opponent! We must ALWAYS have an opponent on the voting list! 2) If they have supported Progressive ideas in their history as a “public servant”; Get Rid of them!
Report Post »Jaycen
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 9:53pmYou’re right. Presidente Obama should unilaterally fire all of Congress for us. Goodie! He’s not enough of a dictator already, you fools are demanding more. Yay!
Huh, I wonder why Constitutional Conservatives feel like the Republican Party is chock-full of Progressives. No, wait…I don’t.
Report Post »Locked
Posted on December 22, 2011 at 11:14am@Pyro
“I like this idea. Now lets apply the same thing to the U.S. Congress.”
You want Obama to fire everyone and take over as a ruler, guarded by the military? Uh… you might want to pick your analogies a bit better next time.
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on December 22, 2011 at 12:58pm@LOCKED
I could be wrong, but I am going to go out on a limb here and suggest that there may have been a hint of sarcasm in his post.
Not sure, but maybe.
Report Post »From Virginia
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 9:00pmExcept their military is about as corrupt as their police. Where do you think most of the guns come from? Yes, yes, yes! I KNOW our president has supplied quite a few, but MOST of them come from THEIR military.
Report Post »Daveed
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 8:56pmThe Veracruz state government said the decision is part of an effort to root out police corruption and start from zero in the state’s largest city. or it could read like this:
The Republic of the United States of America said the decision is a part of an effort to root out Communist political corruption inside their hallowed halls and start from zero in the Nation’s capitol. First order of business is to secure the Borders and Drill Baby Drill and eliminate the Fed.
Report Post »The Third Archon
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 8:42pmThank god at least MOST of our police are honorable, even if they do shoot the occasional innocent minority on purpose/accident.
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 8:32pmAmerica is great because America is good, and when America ceases to be good she will cease to be great.
In SPITE of what Liberal Progressives preach at every opportunity – CHARACTER DOES MATTER.
Just ask the people of Veracruz.
Report Post »Gunnett
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 8:06pmHere is a great idea, take all those Mexican born children that were raised in the United States by their illegal alien parents and hand them a job application for the Mexican State Police force. They are better educated, and have some idea of how police should act.
Report Post »SoupSandwich
Posted on December 22, 2011 at 1:21pmSi. Por que no?
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 7:58pmLet’s fix our own House… before we bitch about the Neighbor’s!
Report Post »singleparent
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 8:03pmummm these nieghbor‘s have move’ed in there not nieghbor‘s no more there robber’s…. stealing from us all…
Report Post »CatB
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 8:09pmTell them to stay on their side of the fence .. oh that‘s right Washington can’t even do that!
Report Post »Sheepdog911
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 8:19pmThese wonderful neighbors you want to ignore have broken into and are pilaging your home. Google “mexican drug violence images” and see some of their milder activities. You may not mind them, but I cerrtainly do. As I said, those are the mild pictures that you’ll find there.
Report Post »PenaF
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 7:54pmEric Holder‘s Attorney General’s Office is prime example that ought to get the boot for corruption!
Report Post »singleparent
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 7:44pmI know a quite a few that should be shut down right here in this country……
Report Post »CatB
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 7:41pmWE should do this in Washington D.C. with all the politicians.
TEA!
Report Post »wellhangingchad
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 7:45pmYup!
Report Post »Al J Zira
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 8:28pmTook the words right out of my mouth.
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 8:30pmThis
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