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MEXICO CITY — Mexico City’s police chief was forced out of office Tuesday after a botched nightclub raid that resulted in 12 deaths.
Mayor Marcelo Ebrar said the resignation of Chief Joel Ortega was the first step in a plan to reconstruct the police force. The mayor made the announcement shortly after the city’s Human Rights Commission presented a report alleging rampant misconduct by officials in the June 20 raid on the News Divine nightclub that it said “created a death trap.”
A criminal investigation did not find evidence that Ortega had committed any crime, but he has been the target of harsh criticism.
