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Mexicoclearsout customs officers
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Published: August 17, 2009
MEXICO CITY - Mexico has replaced all 700 of its customs inspectors with agents newly trained to detect contraband, from guns and drugs to TVs and other big-ticket appliances smuggled to avoid import duties.
The inspectors at all 49 of Mexico's customs points were replaced with 1,400 better-educated agents who have undergone background checks and months of training, Tax Administration Service spokesman Pedro Canabal said Sunday.
He said the former inspectors were not fired. Instead, the government did not rehire them when their contracts expired.
Customs inspectors turned over their weapons to soldiers before leaving their posts at airports and border crossings Saturday.
The Associated Press
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