Mayor Carlos Bustamante fired the city’s police chief Tuesday and named Jesús Alberto Capella to lead the 2,200 municipal force, it was announced at a mid-day press conference.meet the new boss...
Capt. Gustavo Huerta MartÃnez had been Secretary of Public Safety since November, when Bustamente assumed the mayorÂ’s office.
Capella is returning to a post he held for a little more than a year under the previous city administration. He was removed amid waves of deadly violence that prompted state authorities to assign military officers to lead the municipal force.
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The change in police leadership is occurring at a time the pace of homicides related to organized crime is surging; ironically one of the reasons Capella was fired.
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CapellaÂ’s arrival returns to civilian hands the most important law enforcement job in the city.
He survived an assassination attempt on Nov. 27, 2007, a month before his first stint as Secretary of Public Safety.
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