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The director of the Culiacán Municipal Police was removed from office due to threats and the deputy director for possible acts of corruption, revealed the Secretary of State Public Security, Cristóbal Castañeda Camarillo.
Director Ernesto Alonso Báez Pérez was removed from the post due to threats and returned to the ranks of the State Preventive Police. He was appointed as director in November 2022. He had been working as an Operational Supervisor of the State Preventive Police and had previously held the position of Director of Public Security of the municipalities of Badiraguato, Concordia, and El Fuerte.
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Deputy Director José Luis Leal Lomas of the Municipal Police was dismissed for possible acts of corruption and sent to the police union.
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The Internal Control Body of the Ministry of Public Safety and Municipal Transit initiated an investigation. Eliab Zatarain was appointed as Director of the Police and Benjamín Villarreal as Deputy Director as their replacements.