AZMEX UPDATE 24 -2-2020

AZMEX UPDATE 24 FEB 2020


Disarm 160 police officers in San Juan de los Lagos for possible links to organized crime

This measure originated after an investigation by federal authorities.
By EFE
February 24th

https://www.elimparcial.com/mexico/Desarman-a-160-policias-de-San-Juan-de-los-Lagos-por-posibles-vinculos-con-crimen-organizado-20200224-0086.html

The municipality will be supervised indefinitely by at least 500 state police officers, the National Guard and the Mexican Army. | Pixabay

Guadalajara.- About 160 police officers from the municipality of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, were disarmed and relieved of their positions on suspicion of links with organized crime groups, the State Security Council of the Government of this state reported Monday.

This measure originated after an investigation by federal authorities indicating that "a possible infiltration" of the police corporation by organized crime.

"The decision was made to intervene today at the municipal police station of San Juan de los Lagos because, because of intelligence information both federal and state and observations of those who form the security table, there are well-founded suspicions of inappropriate links," he announced at a conference press Jalisco security coordinator Macedonio Tamez.

He added that in addition to taking control of security, the State Security Secretariat assumed control of the facilities, communication and computer equipment, files and all assets of the corporation.

The municipality will be supervised indefinitely by at least 500 state police officers, the National Guard and the Mexican Army.

"This is intended to restore peace and tranquility not only to the municipality but to the entire region as well as to show the citizens of this Government that it is not going to be tolerated that any municipal authority dissociates itself from its duty to protect and serve the people ", he pointed.

The 160 agents that make up the San Juan de los Lagos Police will be transferred to the facilities of the Academy of the Ministry of Security, where they will remain quartered as long as the corresponding assessments are made and whether or not they collaborate with organized crime.

This Sunday the attack on a bar and a wine and liquor store in San Juan de los Lagos was recorded by a group of armed men that resulted in four people killed and two seriously injured.

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