The Celaya police, persecuted for the crime: “It's a war against a guerrilla army”

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The Celaya police, persecuted for the crime: “It's a war against a guerrilla army”

Someone left a red cross in this dusty corner, next to the asphalt. It's bright red, it looks like it's been freshly painted. There are no flowers, no message. Only the cross. Police officer Javier lights it up, silently, with his flashlight. It's nighttime. There's some wind blowing. “There was one of them left,” he says. The others, he adds, tried to flee along a dirt road that leaves the road and enters the streets of Pelavacas, one of the co…