11 March 2011

MEXICO: Charges Of Brutality Follow Cd. Juarez's New Top Cop.

LATIMES/ K.Ellingwood

   Former Tijuana police chief Julian Leyzaola has been named public safety secretary for Cd Juarez.
   Retired army colonel Leyzaola is credited with cleaning-up and restoring law and order in Tijuana...but critics there accuse him of brutality, taking part in the torture and beatings of suspect police officers.