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Police chief found with cult-like cartel leaflets
Posted: Mar 22, 2012 1:11 PM by Jacqui Heinrich
MEXICO CITY (AP) - The Mexican Army says it has detained the police chief of a town in western Mexico who had pamphlets and banners about the cult-like Knights Templar drug cartel, as well as cocaine and hand grenades in his patrol car.
The Defense Department says in a statement released Thursday that Raymundo Monroy was detained Monday in the town of Huetamo in Michoacan state, where he is police chief. Soldiers also found cocaine, two automatic rifles, and two hand grenades.
It says troops searched Monroy's car after he began acting nervously at a military checkpoint in Huetamo.
The Knights Templar cartel appeared in 2010. It claims to protect Michoacan and defend ethical principles, but in fact engages in drug trafficking, killings and extortion.
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