Some Mexican Border Police Stations Surrounded

UNDATED (AP) – Mexican soldiers today surrounded some police stations in an anti-crime and corruption investigation.

In the border state of Tamaulipas across from Texas, dozens of soldiers in armored cars surrounded the police stations in Nuevo Laredo, Matamoros and Reynosa.

The Associated Press reports the soldiers were trying to check whether weapons, radios and phones used by the officers were connected to a crime. No arrests were reported.

AP reports that after about two hours, the police officers were allowed back on the streets. Mexican President Felipe Calderon, since taking office in late 2006, has sent thousands of soldiers into states to crack down on drug gangs turf battles and police corruption.

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