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Updated: 3:21 p.m. Thursday, July 28, 2011 | Posted: 3:18 p.m. Thursday, July 28, 2011

Mexico Suspends Police Aid To Juarez

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico —

Mexico's federal government has suspended aid for a police-training program in the violence-wracked border city of Ciudad Juarez, saying authorities there haven't followed reporting rules and have trained few police.

Mexico's National Public Safety System said it has suspended 57 million pesos ($4.85 million) in aid scheduled to be delivered this year, because the city has done little to actually train local police.

It said Thursday that from 2008 to 2010 the city trained only about 6 percent of its police force, and none of its commanding officers.

The announcement comes amid rising tensions between local and federal authorities, after federal police shot at a vehicle carrying Ciudad Juarez police chief Julian Leyzaola.

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