Federal Police Arrest Ex-Commander in Iguala Missing Students Case Agence France-Presse
go to original May 8, 2015

Mexican authorities arrested a fugitive former deputy police chief wanted in connection with the disappearance of 43 students who were abducted by his force last year, officials said.

Francisco Salgado Valladares, who was deputy director of the southern city of Iguala's municipal force, was detained by federal police as he arrived for a meeting in Cuernavaca, some 90 kilometers (55 miles) south of Mexico City, the interior ministry said in a statement.

Prosecutors say Iguala's gang-linked mayor ordered police to intercept the students on September 26 over fears that the aspiring teachers, known for their regular protests, were in town to disrupt a speech by his wife.

Officers rounded up 43 students and handed them over to the Guerreros Unidos drug gang, which slaughtered the young men and incinerated their bodies, according to prosecutors.

The interior ministry said Salgado, 41, allegedly participated "in the detention and delivery of the students to members of organized crime."

Read the rest at Yahoo! News

Photo: laotraopinion.com.mx

We invite you to add your charity or supporting organizations' news stories and coming events to PVAngels so we can share them with the world. Do it now!