Former Secret Police Commander Is Arrested
From Times Wire Reports
Special prosecutors have arrested a former commander of Mexico’s disbanded secret police in connection with the 1974 disappearance of six suspected guerrillas, officials said.
The federal special prosecutor’s office said Jorge Bustos, a commander with the defunct Federal Security Directorate, arrested six alleged members of the Brigada Lacandona who disappeared after Hidalgo state authorities turned them over to the federal intelligence agency.
The fate of the men remains unknown.
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