Police denounce high-ranking corruption in Cancun and are fired

Cancun, Quintana Roo.- Some 170 police officers Municipal They denounced the acts of corruption perpetrated by their senior officials in the spa of Cancun and they were fired.

Agents, who are part of the 350 police officers this total sum of the police unit, were released after leaving this morning his office to charge the office of the municipal secretariat of public security, Jesús Pérez Abarca.

Uniformed staff organized a work stoppage to require the withdrawal of Perez Abarcabecause it requires "photograph and investigate entrepreneurs and act against narcomenudistas", among other things which, they said, "they do not match"In addition, he formed groups to investigate the police and their families.

Because of this, Cancun One day saw no city police on its streets, so they were mounted operations by members of the Navy, the Federal Police (PF) and the state's public security.

To solve the problem, the mayor of Cancún, Mara Lezamahe spoke with the agents and told them that it was not a unilateral decision, but of the three orders of federal, state and municipal authorities.

Meanwhile, the Secretary of Public Security of Quintana Roo, Alberto Capella, revealed that the agents who participated directly in the assault against Perez Abarca and stated that it had been detected that some had links to criminal groups to which they granted protection.

The confrontation of drug trafficking groups has affected the international brand image of Cancun, the main spa in welcoming tourists in Mexico.