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Criminal organization threatens García Harfuch again

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Police chief Omar García Harfuch recently suffered an assassination attempt - Photo: File Photo/EL UNIVERSAL
01/07/2020 |09:22
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Criminal organization threatens García Harfuch again

Weeks before suffering a brutal assassination attempt , Mexico City’s police chief Omar García Harfuch received criticism. Rumor had it he would be removed after a video that showed two police officers attacking a teenager during a protest went viral; however, Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum later denied the claims. Now, after he survived the brutal attack, a criminal group released a video making serious accusations against Harfuch and threatened him once again. The criminals want Harfuch to leave them alone but also the police officers and politicians who have been affected by the police chief’ s work. So the police chief needs a thicker armor: the physical and political.

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