Forty-three state police officers in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas have been suspended. They are under investigation for having turned their police station into a bar and being drunk on the job. The scandal comes at a time when Tamaulipas continues to experience rising levels of cartel violence, and state police officers have been accused of not acting against cartel gunmen.

The scandal began on Monday, early morning, when high-ranking officials with the Tamaulipas state police arrived at the police station in the town of Burgos and found dozens of officers who were drinking at the station or already intoxicated. As a result of the…

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