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Authorities Remove 21 Illegally Installed Surveillance Cameras in Ecatepec

From El Universal · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Authorities from Mexico's federal, state and municipal governments removed 21 illegally installed surveillance cameras in three Ecatepec neighborhoods.
  • The operation involved municipal police, naval personnel and federal investigators, who said the devices violated national and State of Mexico security laws.
  • Municipal data show that authorities have dismantled 444 irregularly installed surveillance devices during the current administration.

Authorities removed 21 so-called parasite cameras from public infrastructure in Ecatepec, in an operation spanning the neighborhoods of Buenavista, El Gallito and Santa Clara Coatitla.

Municipal police and the Navy Task Force carried out the deployment in support of Mexico's Attorney General's Office, or FGR. The operation formed part of Ecatepec's Comprehensive Citizen Security Strategy for Peacebuilding.

Naval personnel assigned to the municipality joined members of the Special Operations Group, the Metropolitan Police and federal ministerial police. Investigators from the FGR's Ecatepec branch directed the intervention, while municipal public-lighting workers detached the surveillance equipment from government infrastructure.

Authorities said the devices had been installed illegally and violated Mexico's General Law on the National Public Security System and the State of Mexico's Public Security Law. Official municipal figures show that the current administration has dismantled 444 irregularly installed surveillance devices across Ecatepec.

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Originally published by El Universal in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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