Mexican city police chief resigns amid chilling drug gang threats

CIUDAD Juarez’s police chief has stepped down after criminal gangs made a chilling demand: resign or they would kill one of his officers every two days.

Public safety secretary Roberto Orduna announced he was leaving his post only hours after gunmen killed a police officer and a jail guard and left signs on their bodies saying they had fulfilled a promise made last Wednesday to slay at least one officer every 48 hours until Orduna quits.

The slayings were a grim sign that criminal gangs are determined to control the police force of the biggest Mexican border city, with a population of 1.3 million people across from El Paso, Texas.