http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101127/...police_cleanup

Mexican Army Retiree: Lt. Col. Julian Leyzaola has earned respect from many many folks here in US including myself. He has been fighting the cartel with moderate success by our standard. Now he's getting canned. Shame!

By ELLIOT SPAGAT, Associated Press – 2 hrs 25 mins ago

TIJUANA, Mexico – Julian Leyzaola tried with unprecedented zeal to end the grip of drug cartels on one of Mexico's most notoriously corrupt police forces: In two years as top cop, he blanketed key parts of Tijuana with vetted officers, new patrol cars and military commanders, while purging hundreds of allegedly corrupt cops.

The retired army officer survived a drug-gang assassination campaign that killed dozens of his officers. He says he rejected an $80,000-a-week offer from an emissary of Mexico's most-wanted drug lord, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.
Now he's out of a job.
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