http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/05/wo...licechief.html
Concerns Raised Over Young Police Chief
By ELISABETH MALKIN
Published: March 4, 2011
MEXICO CITY — Marisol Valles García, the young mother who took the job of police chief in her violence-ravaged town when nobody else would, has not been to work in three days. On Friday, it appeared she might not be planning to come back soon....
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http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_1...36-504083.html
Marisol Valles Garcia flees Mexican town after becoming police chief, says report
March 4, 2011 4:01 PM
Posted by Kevin Hayes
(CBS)
Marisol Valles Garcia, who was called Mexico's bravest woman after becoming police chief of the small Mexican town of Praxedis, has reportedly fled and is seeking asylum in the United States.
A relative told Agence France-Presse on Thursday that Valles Garcia, 21-year-old mother and student, "received death threats from a criminal group that wanted to force her to work for them," and that she "went to the United States along with two relatives and will seek asylum."
However, an official from the town of Praxedis, which is across the border from Fort Hancock in Texas, denied that their police chief was leaving.
Town secretary Andres Morales told the El Paso Times that Valles Garcia had asked for some personal days off to tend to her child, but is expected to be back at work on Monday.
As for the reports of her seeking asylum, "Right now, these are rumors," he said....