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TIME: Why have the cartels issued death threats against you? REYES: Organized crime here had infiltrated our police so deeply, and it was clear they didn't want a clean-up of the force. But it had to be done, and no other Mexican city has done such a widespread clean-up. And that caused the threats. Four weeks ago on a Sunday came the first public threat against me; but it was something we knew had been brewing for a while so I wasn't completely surprised or upset. I knew the consequences of the decisions I'd made...
...about police corruption but as a society did nothing to force the clean-up of our department. Now it's become extremely difficult to do. It cost the lives of 50 people in city government last year, including two police directors. (See pictures of Mexico City's police fighting crime...
...stunning success in qualifying for France's presidential run-off in 2002, Le Pen has reached the headlines mostly for his steady electoral decline. Conservative politicians like President Nicolas Sarkozy have successfully wooed hard-right voters by gravitating toward Le Pen's positions on issues like immigration and fighting crime. (See pictures of Sarkozy...
...heading to the drug cartels. "This is a supply issue and it's a demand issue," said Janet Napolitano, Homeland Security Secretary and former Arizona governor. Clinton's seemingly surprised Mexican counterpart, Foreign Relations Secretary Patricia Espinosa, conceded the plan was "consistent with our bilateral relation in fighting organized crime." (Vote on Clinton in the TIME 100 poll...
That should grease the skids for President Obama's visit to Mexico on April 16, after which he will attend the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad. Only time will tell if the U.S. gesture can prod Mexico to take its police-reform obligations more seriously. (See pictures of crime-fighting in Mexico City...