Mexican Army Officers Detained for Cartel Payments
By JOSE DE CORDOBA and DAVID LUHNOW
WSJ
MEXICO CITY -- Mexico's army has detained 10 of its own officers for allegedly accepting payments from a drug cartel to give it tip-offs about government operations against drug gangs.
A captain and seven lieutenants were among those held in Friday's operation, the Mexican attorney general's office said Monday. Authorities believe the men were being paid by the so-called Sinaloa cartel, led by a gang of drug lords that includes Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán Loera, Mexico's most wanted man, and Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, an associate of Mr. Guzman's.
The arrests followed the capture last month of Roberto Beltrán Burgos, a cartel figure who helped oversee payoffs to officials in Mexico's government, officials said.
(More here.)
WSJ
MEXICO CITY -- Mexico's army has detained 10 of its own officers for allegedly accepting payments from a drug cartel to give it tip-offs about government operations against drug gangs.
A captain and seven lieutenants were among those held in Friday's operation, the Mexican attorney general's office said Monday. Authorities believe the men were being paid by the so-called Sinaloa cartel, led by a gang of drug lords that includes Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán Loera, Mexico's most wanted man, and Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, an associate of Mr. Guzman's.
The arrests followed the capture last month of Roberto Beltrán Burgos, a cartel figure who helped oversee payoffs to officials in Mexico's government, officials said.
(More here.)
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