Mexico fires 3,200 police officers for incompetence, corruption Mexico busted on Monday an alleged brutal drug kingpin nicknamed “the Barbie” who is blamed for a vicious turf war that has included bodies hanged from bridges. The arrest of Edgar Valdez Villarreal, who had a $4 million bounty on his head, capped a year-long intelligence operation. Valdez – the third major druglord brought down by Mexico's security forces in less than a year – was charged in May with distributing thousands of pounds of cocaine from Mexico to the eastern U.S. from 2004 to 2006. Mexican authorities have said Valdez was battling for control of the Beltran Leyva cartel since its leader, Arturo Beltran Leyva, was killed in a December shootout with marines in Cuernavaca, a city just south of Mexico City. The bust came as Mexico fired 3,200 police officers for incompetence or corruption Monday, a day after another border town mayor was assassinated – the second in two weeks. Another 1,020 federal officers face discipline because they failed a test that aims to identify who might take a drug lord's bribe. The dramatic firing of 10% of Mexico's cops came as the three-year-old border drug war escalated to bloody new levels of violence. Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/08/30/2010-08-30_mexico_fires_3200_po… added by: ibrake4rappers13
