Female Police Chief in Border Town Flees - Updated

(Guadalupe, Mexico) It's reported that Marisol Valles Garcia, college student and police chief of Praxedis G. Guerrero, has fled Mexico, seeking asylum in the U.S.

Valles "received death threats from criminal groups that wanted to force her to work for them," her relative told the newspaper.

Valles, who fled with her young son, became the top law enforcement official in the Mexican border town after drug cartel members murdered the town's mayor and his son, scaring off all other applicants.

Miss Valles Garcia was fired for abandoning her post.

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Woman, 20, Named Police Chief in Border Town
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Police Chief Marisol Valles Garcia

(Guadalupe, Mexico) We finally have an answer to the question of what happens just before a complete and absolute breakdown of civilized law and order.

A 20-year-old criminology student, the only candidate for the position, was designated as police chief in the violence-plagued town of Guadalupe Distrito Bravo, Mexican media reported Tuesday.

Marisol Valles Garcia took charge on Monday of security in the town, population 10,000, on the US border. The community is around 80 km east of Ciudad Juarez, itself regarded as the most violent city in Mexico.

The former mayor of Guadalupe Distrito Bravos, Jesus Manuel Lara Rodriguez, was killed on June 19 at his home in Ciudad Juarez, after receiving death threats.

I wonder if Marisol Valles Garcia will survive.

By the way, last week there were eight murders in Guadalupe.