AP/ SFGATE
Officials announced that 980 police officers have been fired recently after failing lie detector and other corruption tests in the state of Veracruz.
Also...so far...only 27% of the 6,000 police force have been tested for corruption.
Last week, President Calderon declared in a NYTIMES interview that Veracruz state had been turned over to the brutal narcos Los Zetas by its governor.
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