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Local police in the cartel-dominated city of Culiacan, Mexico have been pulled off the streets after the army seized their guns, officials announced Monday.

The move came just one day after about 1,500 residents of Culiacan, the capital of the northern state of Sinaloa, held a march Sunday though the city’s downtown to demand peace after weeks in which cartel gunfights have killed dozens of people in and around the city.

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Historically, the Mexican army has seized the weapons of local police forces they distrust, either because they suspect some local cops are working for drug gangs or because they suspect they are carrying unregistered, private sidearms that would make abuses harder to trace.

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[–] Frog@lemmy.ca 9 points 12 hours ago

The US legalizing Marijuana and imports from Mexico would give Mexico a boost in funding. I know it might be a huge part of the cartels' products but it would also reduce part of their income. Getting agents off of trying to control marijuana on both the US and Mexico side would allow them to focus on bigger problems.

Schools in Culiacan have largely turned to holding classes online to avoid the near-daily shootings.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 14 points 14 hours ago

A good omen for future operations, one hopes.

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