Military Patrols in Juarez Suspended Due to Ineffectiveness

The Chihuahua state Secretary of Public Security, Víctor Valencia de los Santos, announced that the decision was made after a meeting with federal Public Security Secretary Genaro García Luna.

He added that violent incidents with a large number of victims that have been occurring since this past June forced him to travel to Mexico City to meet with the federal secretary of Public Security.

He stated that the thousands of soldiers and municipal police have not done anything other than march through the whole city daily, and that surveillance strategy has not produced results other than "it winds up being too expensive in terms of gasoline and diesel consumption alone."

All that in addition to the costs of feeding and housing the troops that come from other parts of the country.

He said that provided that García Luna will be in Juarez next week, he will give orders to those in charge of Joint Operation Chihuahua so that beginning today that system of surveillance in the streets is ended.

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