Secret raids ensnare 10 mayors in Mexico
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More than two dozen Mexican public servants, including 10 mayors and several police chiefs, allegedly linked to illicit drugs and organized crime were arrested in simultaneous raids in Michoacan state, its governor said.
The secrecy leading up to the arrests was so extensive, Gov. Leonel Godoy said, that even he did not know about them until after they began.
A major drug cartel, the Michoacan Family, was a focus of the six-month investigation, a spokesman for the federal attorney general's office said.
"This is an effort to take apart the protection nets that were operating in coordination with the Michoacan Family, an effort to recover the geographical spaces lost to the hands of organized crime," said Ricardo Najera.
The Michoacan Family has been blamed for numerous acts of violence in the country, including the killings last September of seven people and the wounding of more than 100 others.
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It's sad seeing the corruption of politicians.
It's absurd and hopeless to watch the traffic in drugs dominate everywhere, whether in Mexico, Brazil, USA, or anywhere.
That this raid is the first of many in order to moralize the Mexico!