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The politician of the Mexican borderline municipality of Tijuana has been forced to instrumentality up residence astatine an service base, pursuing escalating threats from organized transgression groups.
Mayor Montserrat Caballero announced connected Monday she would commencement surviving astatine the basal owed to threats, which she said were a effect of her administration’s crackdown connected pack members.
“Your typical saw herself successful the request to unrecorded successful an service basal due to the fact that we are the constabulary unit that has seized much weapons connected a nationalist level from criminals…without mentioning the thousands of arrests we did, and due to the fact that of these actions I suffered an attempted attack,” Caballero said, referencing a shooting incidental connected May 17.
The politician besides said she believed the determination would beryllium permanent.
Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador confirmed the determination connected Tuesday, explaining that Caballero had already been nether protective custody earlier relocating to the service base.
Baja California Governor Marina del Pilar and Senator Jaime Bonilla were besides threatened by the aforesaid transgression groups, helium besides said.
“It was a menace against the governor, the politician and Senator Bonilla. There are not galore details, but it’s amended harmless than sorry,” Lopez Obrador said.
CNN has reached retired to those officials for comment, but has not yet heard back.
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