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Uncertain outlook for elite squads as government seeks to curb extra-judicial killings

Little is known about the structures, budgets, operations and identities of officers involved except the rare glimpse the public gets at scenes of crime after the elite cops make breakthroughs.

Welcome to the murky world of police elite squads now under the microscope following the recent disbandment of one of them accused of extorting, carrying out extra-judicial killings and causing forced disappearances of people suspected to be involved in crime.

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