Mexico: All Airport Police Replaced After Drug Shootout

By Larry Habegger and Laurie Weed | Permalink | No Comments | August 21st, 2012 | Trackback

To reassure the public and avoid further scandal, Mexico City has replaced all 348 airport police after a deadly shootout occurred inside Benito Juarez airport June 25. The incident involved three officers suspected of drug trafficking who opened fire on their colleagues and were then shot dead inside a busy terminal, shocking travelers who have long considered the airport a safe zone. Authorities reassigned all airport police to other states, replacing them with other officers who had to pass extensive background checks.

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