Mexico federal police chief resigns in narcotics probe
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ONE of Mexico’s top police officers has quit after an aide was accused of working for a leading drug cartel, the security ministry said on Saturday.
Gerardo Garay, acting federal police commissioner, has stepped down and said he will cooperate with an organised crime investigation, a ministry spokesman said.
One of Garay’s top lieutenants is being investigated by police on suspicions he was offering protection to the Sinaloa cartel, one of Mexico’s main drug gangs.
“I am resigning because in the bloody fight against organised crime, it is our duty to strengthen institutions, which means it is essential to eliminate any shadows of doubt regarding me,” Garay said late on Friday.
November 3rd, 2008 in
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