3,200 Mexican Federal Police Fired, Commissioner Says
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August 30, 2010
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Mexico City - About 3,200 Mexican federal police have been fired since May for failing to do their work or being linked to corruption, Federal Police Commissioner Facundo Rosas said Monday.
Of those, 465 have been charged with crimes.
In addition, Rosas said at a news conference, another 1,020 officers face disciplinary proceedings for failing confidence exams.
Among the officers who were fired, Rosas said, were officials in Ciudad Juarez who were publicly accused by fellow officers of corruption several weeks ago. In that incident, two groups of officers shoved and fought each other outside police headquarters.
The fired officers account for about 9 percent of the federal police force, which has about 34,500 officials.
None of the dismissed officers will be allowed to be rehired on police forces at the local, state or federal levels, Rosas said.
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