{"id":24631,"date":"2013-01-30T20:07:04","date_gmt":"2013-01-30T19:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/detail\/2013\/01\/30\/286434\/mexico-uses-military-forces-near-capital\/"},"modified":"2013-01-30T20:07:04","modified_gmt":"2013-01-30T19:07:04","slug":"mexican-forces-fight-drug-cartels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/mexican-forces-fight-drug-cartels\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexican forces fight drug cartels"},"content":{"rendered":"

Members of the Mexican Navy patrol a highway in the Mexico State, near the capital Toluca, January 29, 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mexico has scrambled military forces into areas near its capital to counter crime and drug cartels as the government stems violence across the country.<\/p>\n

Around 50 marines and police officers supervised a checkpoint merely two hours away from Mexico City to check vehicles for drugs or weapons, AFP reported on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Despite the military occupation in the Greater Mexico City, having a population of over 20 million people, people welcome the policing presence.<\/p>\n

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“It is really good that you are doing this operation. We really needed this,” a man with a wife and a baby told a marine armed with an M16 rifle as officers sifted through their taxi outside Toluca, the capital of Mexico State.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Authorities launched Operation Armor last week, where the government deployed 3,000 police officers, marines and soldiers in the Mexico State.<\/p>\n

A recent battle between the drug cartel La Familia Michoacana and rival gang Guerreros Unidos in the area has pushed the state to enforce the counter action.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe federal and state authorities acted rapidly and we will definitely prevent the state from being a place that criminal gangs or organized crime fight over,\u201d Mexico State Governor Eruviel Avila Villegas said referring to the gang violence that he called a \u201csporadic\u201d event.<\/p>\n

Since mid-December the government of President Enrique Pena Nieto has taken a harder stance against crime and drug cartels across the country after introducing the creation of a 10,000-strong national police force.<\/p>\n

Since election in July 2012, Pena Nieto has been using the Mexican military to stage security operations until he has put the new national police force into action.<\/p>\n

GVN\/JR<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Members of the Mexican Navy patrol a highway in the Mexico State, near the capital Toluca, January 29, 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

Mexico has scrambled military forces into areas near its capital to counter crime and drug cartels as the government stems violence across the country.<\/p>\n

Around 50 marines and police officers supervised a checkpoint merely two hours away from Mexico City to check vehicles for drugs or weapons, AFP reported on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Despite the military occupation in the Greater Mexico City, having a population of over 20 million people, people welcome the policing presence.<\/p>\n

\n

“It is really good that you are doing this operation. We really needed this,” a man with a wife and a baby told a marine armed with an M16 rifle as officers sifted through their taxi outside Toluca, the capital of Mexico State.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Authorities launched Operation Armor last week, where the government deployed 3,000 police officers, marines and soldiers in the Mexico State.<\/p>\n

A recent battle between the drug cartel La Familia Michoacana and rival gang Guerreros Unidos in the area has pushed the state to enforce the counter action.<\/p>\n

“The federal and state authorities acted rapidly and we will definitely prevent the state from being a place that criminal gangs or organized crime fight over,” Mexico State Governor Eruviel Avila Villegas said referring to the gang violence that he called a “sporadic” event.<\/p>\n

Since mid-December the government of President Enrique Pena Nieto has taken a harder stance against crime and drug cartels across the country after introducing the creation of a 10,000-strong national police force.<\/p>\n

Since election in July 2012, Pena Nieto has been using the Mexican military to stage security operations until he has put the new national police force into action.<\/p>\n

GVN\/JR<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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