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Jun 27, 2011, 8:10 AM

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Mexican Troops Replace Police....

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.... in half a state that borders Texas (Tamaulipas) CNN

http://edition.cnn.com/...as.troops/index.html

Jun 27, 2011, 2:53 PM

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Re: [RickS] Mexican Troops Replace Police....

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As a practical matter most of Tamaulipas has been under a form of martial law for over a year. The military had not assumed law enforcement responsibility for garden variety crime, but they have been the only force dealing with the cartels since the Gulf-Zeta war broke out in February 2010.

Jun 28, 2011, 4:58 PM

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Re: [Altahabana] Mexican Troops Replace Police....

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At a press conference in Guadalajara the other day a PRI federal legislator from Jalisco called for the army to also take over police duties in northern Jalisco due to police ineffectiveness against cartel violence there:

http://www.informador.com.mx/jalisco/2011/302829/6/propone-caro-cabrera-entrada-de-ejercito-en-la-zona-norte-de-jalisco.htm