Mexico’s Federal drug tzar, Noe Ramiriz Mandujano, was arrested on charges that he had received huge bribes from one of the biggest cartels. A witness said Mandujano received $450,000 (£300,000) each month from the Beltran Leyva cartel in exchange for information on investigations.

“Enrique Gonzalez, killed while eating breakfast, had been a police officer. Manuel Inzunza, a local crime reporter, had known Gonzalez for 20 years as a friend, adding that he had been the head of the city’s homicide squad, and an honest policeman. “You know, this is the 10th member of Culiacan’s homicide squad to be killed since May. Almost the entire unit has been wiped out. The cartels have targeted the homicide squad because they don’t want any of the Drug murders investigated.”

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