Mass security for Nadal's Mexico event
- Published: 19 Feb 2013 at 07.43
- Online news: Sports
A brutal gang rape and other crime have prompted a massive security operation for Acapulco's tennis tournament, with 4,000 personnel to be deployed at an event headlined by Rafael Nadal.
Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal serves during the Brazil Open single final match at in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on February 17, 2013. A brutal gang rape and other crime have prompted a massive security operation for Acapulco's tennis tournament, with 4,000 personnel to be deployed at an event headlined by Nadal.
The Pacific port has become Mexico's deadliest city and local police have struggled to stem a brutal turf war between drug gangs where the intimidation of rivals includes the dumping of headless bodies in the street.
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