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New Mexico town dissolves police dept after gun smuggling scandal
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The scandal-plagued, tiny New Mexico border town of Columbus is dissolving its police department and asking the county sheriff to protect its citizens. An employee at Columbus City Hall confirmed to The Lookout that the police force has been dissolved. The Luna County Sheriff's Office will now take over patrolling the town. The town has been upended since federal authorities arrested Police Chief Angelo Vega, Mayor Eddie Espinoza, Village Trustee Blas Gutierrez and nine other residents for conspiring to smuggle hundreds of guns to drug cartels over the border in March. All of the accused have pleaded not guilty, and...
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Mexico town's police force quits after attack:

An entire 20-man police force resigned in a northern Mexican town after a series of attacks that killed the police chief and five officers over the last three months, state officials said Thursday. Ref. Source 7

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Gunmen kill eight in Mexico

Gunmen entered a house and shot and killed eight people from one family on Sunday in the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, local media reported. Ref. Source 1

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Mexican police start to disarm vigilantes in Michoacan:

Estanislao Beltran who heads a vigilante group in the town of Tepalcatepec said two of his men had been killed amid a tense standoff with federal security forces. Some vigilante groups have refused to lay down arms, saying they will fight "To the end" Ref. Source 3

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Mexican army kills at least 3 people in Michoacan state::

"There is no law here. The decisions are taken here in the mountains, in the hideouts of the Knights Templar leaders," Apatzingan Catholic priest Gregorio Lopez told the BBC. "They are the ones who decide. Here the public institutions are mere puppets," Said Father Lopez. Ref. Source 7

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Mexican vigilantes drive out religious drug cartel from gang-held city:

Dozens of vigilantes, who wear white T-shirts for identification, work with government forces to clear out cartel gunmen Ref. Source 8

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People in New Mexico rally against police brutality:

Since 2010, police officers in Albuquerque have responded to 37 threats with bullets, killing 23 people and wounding 14 others, The New York Times reported in April. Ref. Source 3

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Mexico arrests well-known vigilante leader:

Jose Manuel Mireles and 100 other members of 'self-defence' group battling drug gangs detained by police. Ref. Source 2