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(AP) MEXICO CITY – From cash in chili pepper cans to cocaine in cardboard boxes, Mexico City’s international airport has long been considered the capital’s main transport hub for drugs and 청도출장업소 other contraband that seem to move as smoothly as any cargo and usually with no fuss for passengers. A deadly shootout among federal police on Monday changed that, drawing attention to a darker side of the country’s premier airport generally considered safe and efficient in its handling of more than 27 million passengers and 400,000 tons of cargo a year. Tourists passing Tuesday through the modern Terminal 2, where the shooting occurred, seemed unfazed. But airport workers in the building, with giant walls of white concrete perforated with thousands of decorative holes, said the fatal shooting had shattered their sense of safety. “I couldn’t believe it because there was so much security,” said Maria Eugenia Cruz, 52, who has worked as a custodian for five months but was on her day off when the shooting occurred. “I’m afraid of another shootout.” Two federal police officers suspected of working for drug traffickers opened fire on fellow officers in a crowded food court Monday, killing three policemen as panicked witnesses dove for cover. The slain officers were on an anti-narcotics mission as they sought to catch the suspected criminals in the act of drug trafficking, said a federal police...

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(AP) LONDON – An official involved in the Olympic movement said Friday that Britain has refused to grant a visa to Syrian Olympic Committee chief Gen. Mowaffak Joumaa to attend the London Games. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the decision publicly, confirmed that Joumaa has been barred over his links to Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime. Britain’s Home Office, which decides on visa applications, declined to confirm details, insisting it would not comment on individual cases. Diplomats from the country’s Foreign Ministry and staff from the sport and culture ministry are also involved in considering sensitive visa applications ahead of the Summer Games, though the final decision rests with Home Secretary Theresa May. More in London 2012: 의왕출장안마 Summer Olympics British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg had said last month that Syrian delegation members with connections to the Assad regime would be banned. In April, Joumaa told The Associated Press that he would regard it as an “honor” to be blacklisted from Britain because of his links to Assad. “Once I am blacklisted, it would be an honor for me to be one of the citizens who were banned from entering Britain because of their country’s dignity and freedom,” Joumaa said. The rejection of Joumaa’s visa was first reported by the BBC. About 10 athletes are due to compete...