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Interior Minister Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba says the number of fines is down since Civil Guard traffic officers had their wages cut by 5 per cent as part of austerity measures imposed in May. Official Civil Guard figures released last month show fines fell in June by one-half compared to June 2009. "I hereby ask formally that they please enforce the law, as they always have and have done very well," Mr Pérez Rubalcaba said.
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