Juarez police officers stripped of their weapons by the military

Unarmed Ciudad Juarez cops to patrol with army.

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico – Thousands of Mexican soldiers took a tighter grip on policing in the violence-scarred border city of Ciudad Juarez on Tuesday and the retired general in charge of police emphasized the military dominance by announcing city officers will be stripped of their weapons while on patrol.

New Public Safety Secretary Julian Rivera Breton announced that the troubled police force in the city of 1.3 million would be unarmed, serving largely to help soldiers answer calls for help and pursue suspects.