Simulation Game: Crisis Management

Chapter 436 - 205: Fully Armed

"What!?"

Miliburn’s face changed suddenly, and he turned to one of his subordinates, shouting, "Notify everyone immediately, seal off all city exit checkpoints, command center to strictly monitor all major traffic routes, and implement strict martial law in the bustling areas of the city. Make sure to locate the drug dealers and the missing police vehicles within 1 hour!"

The murderous intent faintly revealed on his face showed just how furious this captain had become.

Indeed.

Shooting a police officer on duty in front of the police headquarters was akin to the drug dealers giving Torreon, no, the entire police community, a resounding slap in the face.

If it wasn’t handled properly in time, it would undermine the authority and credibility of the police in the eyes of the public.

Gu Ji squinted slightly and spoke up before his subordinate could respond.

"Captain Miliburn, that missing police officer is actually in league with the drug dealers!"

"That’s impossible!"

Miliburn immediately denied it, "All Mexican police officers are required to regularly pass ’trust tests’ like polygraphs, drug tests, and psychological evaluations. Officers who fail the tests will be dismissed."

"What if they were threatened or corrupted during the testing period?"

Gu Ji didn’t believe in any perfect system strategy, and such long-term self-check behaviors would weaken the professional security of the police. Plus, being doubted by their own people every day would drive anyone crazy, forcing them to take desperate measures.

So he briefly recounted the context and origin of the checkpoint shooting incident.

At this moment, another subordinate brought over documents and messages from the Security Department and the checkpoint police bureau, confirming the flight incident and the fact of being hijacked by drug dealers.

Miliburn put down his gun, took the faxed document, and glanced at it.

"You’re passengers of flight AM649?"

"That’s right, here is my airline company ID."

Betty took out the crew chief’s work ID, her voice choked with emotion, "Officer, we escaped death to come here, seeking rescue. Please, you must help us!"

"I’m sorry, ma’am. Mexico is a federal system; each state is relatively independent. Our station, Torreon, belongs to Coahuila State, while the crash site of the flight is in Durango State. We can’t interfere with other jurisdictions, and right now we still haven’t resolved the issue of drug dealer attacks in Torreon..."

Miliburn shrugged, presenting a "helpless" stance.

"Captain Miliburn, are you guys afraid?"

"What did you say!?"

Gu Ji’s sudden words not only angered Miliburn but also caused discontent among the surrounding officers.

But he completely ignored it, continuing to speak calmly:

"Your sleeve and tactical vest are printed with ’National Guard’ insignia and police badge. To my knowledge, after the 2022 legislative reform in Mexico, the National Guard was unified under the Ministry of Defense’s command, no longer under government control. It was stipulated that crimes involving drug smuggling, anti-government insurgency, and jurisdiction conflicts occurring within the state would generally be handled by the National Guard and the Federal Police. Only other crimes would be handled by the state police."

When Gu Ji was in college, his professor specifically taught about Mexican police reform.

The police system in Mexico is very complex, especially federal law enforcement agencies, which are often dissolved and then reorganized.

But they are mainly divided into judicial and preventive categories.

The former belongs to the prosecutorial jurisdiction, mainly responsible for criminal investigations, while the latter has very limited investigative power, with prevention as the main responsibility.

In other words, preventive police are simply a force of violence, most of the time only responsible for dealing with drug dealers and insurgents.

This sounds a lot like the military. In fact, the Mexican authorities did form a military-like police force, which is the National Guard under Miliburn, with a significant number of personnel coming from retired military veterans. Training has always been conducted jointly by the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of the Navy, similar to the domestic armed police, and the Federal Police Bureau was also integrated into the National Guard’s management.

This new force did not disappoint the public. Gumans’ son, Audilavi, was successfully captured by the National Guard.

Miliburn’s eyelids twitched, seemingly not expecting a foreigner like Gu Ji to know so much about the Mexican police system.

"Although we’re not under the state government’s jurisdiction, we received orders to be responsible for the safety of Torreon. Right now, the drug dealers that attacked police headquarters are hiding in the city, ready to commit crimes again at any moment, endangering civilians. We must prioritize dealing with them!"

"Captain Miliburn, the international flight passengers being hijacked by drug dealers is a pressing international crisis event. It’s clearly of higher priority, and these drug dealers weren’t actually attacking police headquarters or they wouldn’t have done a hit and run. They just wanted to kill two officers and create confusion to keep you from participating in the passenger rescue."

Gu Ji repeated his previous analysis of the real target of the Sinaloa Group drug dealers.

Right from the start, when the drug dealers opened fire indiscriminately, he understood that the other side didn’t want to leave any survivors; they just wanted to create a big scene and draw all police attention.

Because within a hundred kilometers, only Torreon’s important town police headquarters had the strongest troops and equipment.

"You’re saying the drug dealers want to force the government to release Audilavi?"

When Miliburn said this, not a few officers around him shuddered in shock. For the Mexican police, the Sinaloa Group is like death incarnate.

He pondered for a moment, then turned around and took out his phone from his pocket, dialing his superior’s number.

Looks like the provocation worked after all.

After a brief conversation, Miliburn called over his subordinates, "Notify everyone: the drug dealers that attacked headquarters will be handled by the Federal Police. Torreon National Guard combat team, prepare for a rescue operation!"