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Mexico police dismantle video cameras installed by gang | Mexico police dismantle video cameras installed by gang |
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Police in the Mexican city of Reynosa in north-eastern state Tamaulipas state have dismantled 39 surveillance video cameras installed by a local gang. | Police in the Mexican city of Reynosa in north-eastern state Tamaulipas state have dismantled 39 surveillance video cameras installed by a local gang. |
Officers said they surprised two people attaching a camera to a post in a city street on Wednesday evening. | Officers said they surprised two people attaching a camera to a post in a city street on Wednesday evening. |
The two said they were acting on the orders of a criminal gang, which uses the cameras to monitor the movements of the security forces. | The two said they were acting on the orders of a criminal gang, which uses the cameras to monitor the movements of the security forces. |
Reynosa is racked by violence, with two drug cartels vying for control. | Reynosa is racked by violence, with two drug cartels vying for control. |
The two suspects took officers to the locations of the other 37 cameras they had already installed. | The two suspects took officers to the locations of the other 37 cameras they had already installed. |
They had been put up at key street crossings in the city, at shopping centres and in residential areas. | They had been put up at key street crossings in the city, at shopping centres and in residential areas. |
Officials did not say which gang was behind the installation. | Officials did not say which gang was behind the installation. |
It is not the first time police have come across gangs installing surveillance cameras. | It is not the first time police have come across gangs installing surveillance cameras. |
On 22 May, a day after President Enrique Pena Nieto visited the city, they removed another 39 such devices. | On 22 May, a day after President Enrique Pena Nieto visited the city, they removed another 39 such devices. |
Reynosa, which is across the border from the Texan city of McAllen, is being fought over by the Zetas and Gulf cartels. | |
Both gangs have been fighting for control of the region, regarded as a strategic commercial entry point into the US. | Both gangs have been fighting for control of the region, regarded as a strategic commercial entry point into the US. |
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