(AP) -- MEXICO CITY (AP) -- A government report shows many Mexican police officers still earn $350 per month or less, despite reform efforts aimed at increasing wages and decreasing corruption.
A report by the government's National Public Safety System says the average wage for state police in Mexico is 9,250 pesos -- equal to about $650 per month or about $8,000 annually.
But in the drug-violence-wracked northern border state of Tamaulipas, state officers receive on average about 3,618 pesos, or $300 per month. Officers in the far-less-violent central state of Aguascalientes receive five times more than that.
The report released Sunday urged lagging states and municipalities to raise police wages. Low salaries have been cited as one reason for police corruption.
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