El Paso to ask feds for help treating wounded Mexican cops From: chron.com
Tagged: drug violence, El Paso, hospital, judge, Mexico, police, TexasPosted on: June 11th, 2008
El Paso County officials want the federal government to take over transporting and caring for wounded Mexican police officers seeking treatment in a local public hospital.
County Judge Anthony Cobos pleaded for help Tuesday, four days after two police officers wounded in an ongoing turf war among powerful Mexican drug cartels were brought to the county hospital in El Paso.
The officers’ arrival prompted the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office to provide tight security to prevent Mexico’s violence from spilling into the United States. It is the second time this year deputies have guarded the county hospital, the only Level 1 trauma center for 280 miles.”*
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