22 Arrested for Mexican Drug Crimes
Mexican authorities said Monday that they have arrested 22 current and former government officials accused of giving key information about drug investigations to powerful drug cartels in exchange for monthly payments.
Among those arrested are current employees of Mexico’s drug crime prosecution agency, the federal police, the attorney general’s office and the Defense Ministry, as well as former members of the military and other former government employees. The government has seized 230 pieces of real estate, 16 vehicles and more than $2 million in cash as part of the investigation.
“They handed over privileged information about investigations into cartels,” Mexican Atty. Gen. Rafael Macedo de la Concha said at a news conference. He said the arrestees are accused of handing information to the Juarez cartel and to accused drug kingpins Ismael Zambada and Joaquin “Chapo” Guzman.
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