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Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Juarez Police Leave their Homes After 8 are Slain

More on the Ciudad Juarez police killings by the NCJ cartel, from the archives:

By Juan Carlos Llorca
The Associated Press
Every one of the 2,500 police officers in this Mexican border city has been ordered to leave home and stay in a hotel after the killing of five officers by a local drug cartel.

The gang threatened a week ago to kill one policeman a day unless Police Chief Julian Leyzaola resigns.

Juarez Mayor Hector Murguia said Wednesday that the attacks carried out since the warning are a response to toughening police action against drug cartels in the city across from El Paso, Texas.
 
The mayor said there is no way Leyzaola is stepping down. He said most of the officers are "angry because of the attacks," but are deeply committed to fighting crime.

Police spokesman Adrian Sanchez said officers were ordered to stay away from their houses after Monday's shootout between assailants and policemen. That assault and previous attacks happened as officers were going to or from home.

The city's government said it has secured 26 million pesos ($2 million) to house officers in hotels but did not specify how long that would last.

A policewoman who moved to a hotel in downtown Juarez said Wednesday that officers feel "more like soldiers, living in barracks than police officers." Still, she said, "I don't want my family to become collateral damage if I become a target."

The officer, a single mother of two, agreed to discuss the matter only if not quoted by name because she was violating department rules that bar her from talking to journalists.

Sanchez said the police department will assess the results of the measure after a month and then decide whether to continue.

"So far it's been successful," Murguia said.

At least 10 banners bearing threats to Juarez's police chief appeared around the city last week. The messages were signed by the New Juarez Cartel, an offshoot of the La Linea or Juarez Cartel, a major target of law enforcement actions in recent months.

Some of the banners accused Leyzaola, a former Mexican army lieutenant colonel, of favoring a rival cartel, while other messages called for his resignation.

"We pay no attention to the banners. If we did, we wouldn't even get out of bed," the mayor said.

The five slain officers were killed in three different attacks, bringing the number of officers slain in January to eight.

The latest attack happened Monday, when several officers were ambushed at a gas station. Three assailants were killed and three other policemen were wounded.

Murguia said moving the entire police force to hotels was not a setback in the city's fight against crime. Nearly 8,900 people have been killed in drug-related violence in the city since 2008.

In 2009, a police chief quit after being threatened.

Last year, after hiring Leyzaola, the city saw a decline in reported crimes. More than 1,900 people were killed in Ciudad Juarez last year, compared to more than 3,000 in 2010.

19 comments:

  1. Stay strong and believe in truth and justice. My heart goes out to everyone who is suffering. But above all don't loose faith in each other and the human spirit.

    I mean every word and more....

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  2. DEATH TO ALL CARTEL SCUM IN MEXICO!

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  3. I want to see more dead criminals.

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  4. this is ur modern day war we are living and the ncj will come out in the top at last

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    1. Go Ncj go Ncj u dumbass!! That's why Juarez Is how it is cause of dumbasses like u, I hope these good guy cop leyzola kicks they're ass.

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  5. 2 million for housing. They could have spent that money building one awsome bunker type barracks for the police to live in while this is taken care of.
    Also, the police woman with two kids who spoke to journalist. LOL that reporter screwed you. He said you wanted to be anonymous but pointed out that you were a mother of two. Either way, stay strong and keep up the good work.

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  6. Fucked up it really is . Alot of people fail to see Leyloza & co crossed the line too supporting a rival cartel & letting them settle in what is a stronghold of the Carrillo Fuentes Cartel . There is way too much money involved for them to expect an easy Sinaloa takeover I wonder how long NCJ can keep this up until their severly weekend by another onslought of soldiers sent by the govt on behalf of CDS

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  7. You mean " Dont Shit Where You Eat "

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  8. Putting them all together in one or more places doesn't sound like the best idea. I would be concerned about being able to protect my family.

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  9. All this is a front simply killing the local stock under false pretense and filling in the empty shoes with Sinaloa foot soldiers . This was planned before the asshole Leyzaola arrived in town. The New Juarez Cartel is a Sinaloa front. How do u take over a group? From within :)

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  10. It's a good thing Mexico banned that "Call if Juarez" cartel video game. I don't want the children being exposed to any violence

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    1. aaah poor baby dont want mexican kids exposed to violence in a video game. they see the real shit daily you dumb son of a bitch

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  11. No dont pee were u swim.

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  12. You start kiiling cops anywhere in the states like they do in Mexico and every last one of
    these murdering scum bags would be hunted down
    like rabid dogs! If these wannabe cartel zero's
    think that their long for this earth they better
    take a good look around. The El Jeffe's are just
    using these young punks for cannon fodder! They
    could care less about them. To the cartels these young sicario's are a dime a dozen. They
    pay em 100 or 200 bucks,give em a pistol and say
    go and kill this one or that one. When the young punk gets killed or wounded he's replaced
    and no one even knows his name except the cop that killed him or his family. It's a living nightmare south of the border. Even if Leyzaola
    is on the take at least he's cutting down on the murders by 40 to 45% which is better than nothin!

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  13. PINCHE JURRA!!!! QUE SE MUEREN LA POLICIA!!! NO SON POLICIAS SON CRIMINALES CORRUPTOS......SOY RESIDENTE DE JUARITOS, CHIWAS, MEXICO.....

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  14. @February 2, 2012 10:51 AM
    ERES PENDEJO O KE??? ALL OF OUR BABIES WITNESS WORSER THINGS THAN A FUCKIN' VIDEO GAME BITCH! OUR BABIES AR DYING JUST AS WE ARE HERE IN JUARITOS!!!! I WISH ALL WE HAD TO WORRY ABOUT WAS A FUCKING VIDEO GAME LIKE YOUR AMERICAN ASS......RETATED

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  15. Put them up in hotels, leaving their families comepletely unprotected.

    That sounds like a GREAT idea!

    thebronze

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  16. Lotta key board bangers here. LOL

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