Drug Cartel Bust Nets Police Officers
From Times Wire Reports
Authorities said they had arrested 25 suspected members of the Juarez drug cartel, including 16 federal, state and municipal police officers. The cartel is based in the border city of Juarez across from El Paso, Texas, according to a statement by the Mexican Attorney General’s Office. The statement said authorities confiscated three Lear jets, several cars, cash and weapons following an investigation of private flights out of the Toluca international airport just west of Mexico City.
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