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Mexican Police Lose Guns, Get SlingshotsBy Associated Press TIJUANA, Mexico — The police department has issued about 60 slingshots to officers in the violent border city of Tijuana, where soldiers confiscated police weapons two weeks ago amid allegations of collusion with drug traffickers. 
Municipal police spokesman Fernando Bojorquez said Monday that the slingshots, along with bags of ball bearings, were given to officers patrolling areas of the city visited by tourists. Tijuana's police force of 2,000 officers has been without guns since January 5. 
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