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Mob Action in Mexico City Concerns Interior Secretary
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February 24, 2010
| | Fernando Gomez Mont, Mexico's interior secretary, is concerned about recent mob action in Mexico City. | |
Mexico City - Mexico's interior secretary is expressing concern over a mob action in Mexico City that left dozens of police officers injured.
"We should establish a respectful relationship between authorities and citizens that has the same goal: Achieve justice and security for all and that the law be the one that resolves our differences," Fernando Gomez Mont said Tuesday, according to the state-run Notimex news agency
On Monday, an angry mob in the Mexico City neighborhood of San Pedro Atocpan clashed with police leaving at least 62 officers injured, Mexico's Public Safety Secretariat said in news release
The federal police officers were injured during an attempt to rescue three colleagues who were surrounded by the mob
In some of the tougher neighborhoods of Mexico City, where crime is high, there have been reported incidents of residents taking the law into their own hands
According to the Public Safety Secretariat, the incident began when the three federal officers, in plain clothes, responded to a tip
A caller told police that several suspects were seen forcibly taking a person who had their hands and face bound inside a home. The tipster said shouts and strange movements came from the house
The three officers went to investigate, and were in the process of detaining two people for questioning when they were blocked by area residents, the SSP said
It quickly turned into a mob scene aimed at the officers, who sought refuge inside their vehicle, the news release said
When reinforcements arrived, they, as well as community leaders, were unable to dissuade the mob from attempting to lynch the officers, according to the SSP. Many participants in the mob were described as drunk
Police finally rescued the officers who suffered only minor injuries, SSP said
Mexico City leaders have asked for a full investigation of the incident.
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