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These people, including a woman, are "linked to at least seven murders and four kidnappings," the official said, adding that those arrested are also allegedly responsible for drug trafficking and organized crime.
He noted that they are currently investigating the world of the gang members, headed by a civilian identified as Luis Miguel Gonzalez, to determine if there is more involved.
In the case of the federal police, Sanchez said he may face a penalty of up to 70 years imprisonment for each of the kidnapping, in addition to those received by other crimes, and said that "there will be no mercy" to them.
Speaking to Milenio Television, PF chief said the 13 policemen were already incarcerated in high security prisons in the north of the country and reiterated their commitment to "zero tolerance" to corruption.
"We will not give an inch" and "continue cleaning our house" until we're up to "100% respectability. " in the PF, who Mondragon admitted , "there is much to do yet," including a rethinking of exams, trust and control issues..."
The Federal Police, created during the administration of Felipe Calderón (2006-2012), has been involved in several corruption scandals involving abuse of authority.
Mexican authorities reported Tuesday that they had arrested 13 federal police officers who allegedly belonged to a murder and kidnapping gang in the Pacific coast resort of Acapulco.
The operation was one of the largest against corrupt police officers in Mexico in recent years. The federal security spokesman Eduardo Sánchez said, "The 13 officers and 5 civilians are linked to at least seven homicides and four kidnappings, in which two of the victims were killed in a cowardly way"
The Federal Police (PF) conducted a "thorough investigation" that led this week to the arrest of 18 criminals, including 13 active agents in the southern state of Guerrero, where Acapulco is located.
These people, including a woman, are "linked to at least seven murders and four kidnappings," the official said, adding that those arrested are also allegedly responsible for drug trafficking and organized crime.
He noted that they are currently investigating the world of the gang members, headed by a civilian identified as Luis Miguel Gonzalez, to determine if there is more involved.
In the case of the federal police, Sanchez said he may face a penalty of up to 70 years imprisonment for each of the kidnapping, in addition to those received by other crimes, and said that "there will be no mercy" to them.
These agents were sent to the southern Mexican state operating under the program Safe Guerrero, designed by the Federal Government in October 2011, to combat criminal groups and stop the wave of kidnappings, extortion, and drug related shootings in that region.
"Under no circumstances will we tolerate impunity and corruption by any public servant," said Eduardo Sánchez, Secretary of the Interior, who lamented that police officers who are entrusted will violate the law are committing "acts of treason."
So far the administration of Enrique Peña Nieto, who started last December 1, have been 94 federal police officers jailed , including the 13 officers arrested in Guerrero, but they've dismissed "many more," said National Security Commissioner Manuel Mondragón.
Speaking to Milenio Television, PF chief said the 13 policemen were already incarcerated in high security prisons in the north of the country and reiterated their commitment to "zero tolerance" to corruption.
The detained civilians: Luis Miguel González Petatán, 31, the presumed leader of the criminal group; Jonathan Piedra Soberanis, 24; Gerardo Ocampo Guzmán, 32; Roberto Bolaños Manríquez,35 años, and Paloma Rosa Iris Carrillo Abarca, 31.
The federal police officers are identified: police thirds Antonio Velázquez González 31; Máximo Olvera García, 29; Rubén Bonilla Alatriste, 27; Miguel Torres Efraín, 32; Jorge Cruz Rubio, 32; Édgar Acosta Apodaca,28; Omar Obispo Fernández, 22; Marco Antonio Quiroz Mejía, 28; David Rosas Martínez, 31; Alejandro Camacho Flores, 27; César Leandro Ruiz Rodríguez, 22; the police first (level), Rodrigo Miranda Villanueva, 29 años, and the official José Guadalupe Castillo Cool, 52.
"We will not give an inch" and "continue cleaning our house" until we're up to "100% respectability. " in the PF, who Mondragon admitted , "there is much to do yet," including a rethinking of exams, trust and control issues..."
The Federal Police, created during the administration of Felipe Calderón (2006-2012), has been involved in several corruption scandals involving abuse of authority.
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