Police in Mexican border city of Tijuana suspend patrols as army check their guns

“Local police in the violent border city of Tijuana said they have been forced to suspend patrols because soldiers sent by President Felipe Calderon to crack down on drug gangs and corruption have taken hold of most of their guns.

Tijuana Public Safety Secretary Luis Javier Algorri said that without arms it is too dangerous for the force of 2,000 police to go on the streets of the city where 13 officers were shot dead last year.”

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