Mexico police commander suspended after journalist bloodied
Mexico police commander suspended after journalist bloodied
Updated 6:24 pm CDT, Sunday, July 8, 2018
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexico City police commander has been suspended after an incident in which a newspaper photographer was allegedly roughed up by officers while reporting on street-level drug arrests.
The city police department says in a Sunday statement that the suspension is a "precautionary measure" following the pre-dawn encounter in the capital's notoriously rough Doctores district.
It says a melee broke out "that resulted in injuries to people near the scene, among them a reporter."
Images posted online showed Reforma photographer Alejandro Mendoza with his face swollen and covered with blood. A TV Azteca journalist was also said to have suffered some sort of aggression.
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