MEXICO CITY – Mexico arrested a military officer suspected of passing information to drug traffickers as part of a government sweep to rout out corruption, the attorney general’s office said in a statement on Friday.

Army major Arturo Gonzalez allegedly received $100,000 a month to pass information about army anti-narcotics plans to the Beltran Leyva drug Cartel, Mexican daily Reforma reported.

Gonzalez was picked up as part of “Operation Clean-up,” which has netted several high-ranking police officers accused of collaborating with the Beltran Leyva brothers, who split off from the Sinaloa cartel run by Joaquin “Shorty” Guzman.

Mexico’s liaison to Interpol and the former head of the country’s organized crime bureau were also arrested in recent weeks for alleged drug ties. Another 30 anti-drug police have been fired on suspicion of corruption.

Since taking office in 2006, Mexican President Felipe Calderon has deployed thousands of troops and federal police to drug