Probe begins into conduct of officials in Ciudad Juarez

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AP , CIUDAD JUAREZ, MEXICO
Wednesday, Jun 16, 2004,Page 6

State agents on Monday said they had begun investigating 54 of the 81 officials cited for incompetence in a federal report analyzing a decade-long string of killings of women in Ciudad Juarez.

Jesus Antonio Pinon, attorney general for Chihuahua state, where Juarez is located, said his office is considering criminal charges against 54 officials, including eight prosecutors, 12 forensic scientists and 21 state police officers.

Some of those under investigation have since left their posts, but all were employed by Chihuahua between 1992 and 1998 and were involved in investigating homicides against women in Juarez, he said.

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