Ancaps Rejoice: Mexico fires 10 per cent of poLICE force

Mexico has cracked down on alleged corruption and incompetence in its federal police on Monday, firing 3200 officers, about 10 per cent of the force.

Top police commissioner Facundo Rosas told a news conference the officers had failed to pass "confidence tests", including 465 denounced for suspected crimes.

Another 1485 officers from the force of 34,500 would be laid off in a second phase, Rosas said, adding that investigations continue.

The massive purge is only the latest in a series of efforts to clean up Mexico's notoriously corrupt police, in a campaign which has become increasingly urgent as drug violence escalates across the country.

More than 28,000 people have died in suspected drug attacks since President Felipe Calderon launched a military crackdown, involving about 50,000 troops, on organised crime in 2006.

North-eastern areas have seen a surge in brutality in recent days, including the discovery of 72 massacred migrants, the murder of a mayor and five apparent bomb blasts.

The military has assumed anti-drug patrols in some spots because local police are considered unreliable.

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Ancaps Rejoice: Mexico fires 10 per cent of poLICE force

Ancaps Rejoice: Mexico fires 10 per cent of poLICE force

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