Marisol Valles Garcia

Marisol Valles García (born 1989, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico) is the umwhile polis chief o Praxedis G. Guerrero locatit in the northren Mexican state o Chihuahua near the cities o Ciudad Juárez an Guadalupe. In Mairch 2011, she wis dismissed frae her post efter failin tae sgaw up for wirk. Valles an her family fled tae the Unitit States whaur they are currently seekin asylum.

Backgrund
Syne Mexican Preses Felipe Calderón declart war on drug cartels in 2006, the kintra's deith toll relatit tae drug crime haes been aroond 30,000. Mayors and police have been specifically targeted; some beheaded, some tortured to death.

In early October 2010, Tancítaro's mayor Gustavo Sánchez wis fand beat tae deith wi his hands tied ahint his back. Electit in Januar, he'd statit "The fear is always there, but if you have courage and a desire to make a contribution, that outweighs the fear".

Praxedis G. Guerrero valley
Afore the war on drugs, rural Praxedis G. Guerrero, Chihuahua wis a quiet toun. Twa rival drug gangs, the Juárez Cartel an the Sinaloa Cartel, nou fecht for control o the region's main heich-gate, makkin Chihuahua ane o the maist dangerous places in the warld. Residents hide in hooses frae fear o violence an daith. In nearbi Ciudad Juárez in October 2010, a gang killed ower a dozen fowk, includin bairns, at a birthday pairty. Seeveral polis officers in Ciudad Juárez hae been abductit or killt, an Praxedis G. Guerrero's previous chief, Manuel Castro, haed been tortured an beheidit a year earlier.

Search for a polis chief
Wi aw but three polis officers haein quit, mayor José Luis Guerrero desperately socht solutions. Efter a year athoot a polis chief, 20-year-auld Marisol Valles Garcia, who wis a student wirkin on a degree in creeminology at the University o Guadalajara, wis the anerlie person willin tae accept the job.  She wis sworn in on 18 October 2010. This attractit internaitional attention, an haes promptit news media tae caw her the "bravest wumman in Mexico".

Personal life an views
Valles Garcia is marriet an the mither o a baby boy. She reportedly teuk the job tae chynge her commonty. "We're all afraid in Mexico now. We can't let fear beat us", she said efter being sworn in.

The destrict haes 9,148 inhabitants, an a polis force o nineteen. Valles Garcia said she intendit tae hire mair weemen, an focus on commonty ootreach an prevention. In neighboring Juárez, she was referred to by locals with the iconic nickname "La Adelita".

External links
Mejor estar viva en EU que muerta en México: Marisol Valles  El Diario de El Paso, 05-11-2011.

References

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Category:Mexican Drog War