Bit by Bit, a Mexican Police Force Is Eradicated

GUADALUPE DISTRITO BRAVOS, Mexico — Her uncle, the mayor who gave her the job nobody else wanted, warned her to keep a low profile, to not make too much of being the last remaining police officer in a town where the rest of the force had quit or been killed. Jesus Alcazar/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Érika Gándara, police chief of Guadalupe Distrito Bravos, Mexico, disappeared in December. Related Times Topic: Mexican Drug Trafficking Adriana Zehbrauskas for The New York Times A wave of terror has turned Guadalupe Distrito Bravos, near Texas, into a frightened outpost of the drug war. Nearly half of its 9,000 residents have fled....

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