Departing From the Normal
Jun 22nd, 2008 | By Michel Marizco | Category: General News, Organized Crime, Politics
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THE BORDER REPORT
A cocaine addict who served as chief of police in a northeastern Sonoran town committed suicide this morning, El Imparcial reports on its Web site.
No word yet from state government officials on how he managed to obtain the position. It's not a popular job, lying so close to Gulf Cartel controlled territory in the mining town of Cananea.
More Oddities
Another chief of police for Moctezuma, another town in that region, was arrested last November for poaching deer.
And in neighboring Naco, yet another chief of police quit recently, making 11 or 12 chiefs of police in that beleaguered city over a four year span.
Defections
Meanwhile, two police officers have defected from Mexico in recent weeks. One, from Zaragoza, Chihuahua, on the border with Sonora, and the other, still unknown, both being held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement while their "credible threat" pleas are reviewed.
The nicety is to say they're seeking asylum. I choose defected because, well, there's just no other way to explain it.
-- Michel Marizco
