| Government Imposes Military Control Over Seaport in Cartel-Plagued State Associated Press | |
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MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s military has taken effective control of one of the nation’s biggest seaports as part of an effort to bring drug-cartel activity under control in the western state of Michoacan.
Federal security spokesman Eduardo Sanchez says army troops will take over policing duties in the city of Lazaro Cardenas, Michoacan.
Sanchez said Navy personnel will take over as heads of the administration and port captaincy of the seaport of the same name.
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