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The Mexican government rushed federal police reinforcements Wednesday to this cradle of the country’s drug trade, a day after gunmen killed eight officers in a shootout on a residential street.
The 200 new officers join 2,000 soldiers and federal police who have patrolled Culiacan, the base of the Sinaloa drug cartel, and the nearby mountains for the last month in an attempt to quell surging violence.”*
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