They have us (stunned). If they know who to take, then they should fulfill their responsibility,” said one officer, who asked not to be identified. “They have lists. They have been working for some time on gathering intelligence and they know the bad officers.”
Editor’s Note: Anybody who thinks President Calderon and his government are not serious about fighting the cartels and suppressing the corruption, needs to think again. It is a new era in Mexico. The people are fed up with the violence and corruption and demanding change. Four police officers and seven civilians accused of working for Mexico’s powerful Gulf drug cartel were flown to the capital Sunday for prosecution.The four municipal officers, detained in Nuevo Laredo, across the border from Laredo, Texas, on Saturday, had allegedly funneled police and military information to the cartel by radio, Public Safety Department spokesman Edgar ….Read More
Families of the officers and civilian employees of the Nuevo Laredo Municpal Police, who were arrested Saturday staged a protest today in front of the military barracks and at the Bridge of the America’s. Saturday, 4 officers and 7 civilians were detained and accused of passing classified information concerning police and military movements to the cartels. Read the story in Spanish as reported by El Manana de Nuevo Laredo I find it interesting to note that El Manana is reporting this protest was organized by family members of those detained by the Federal Forces. That is not surprising. I made ….Read More