Mexico Arrests Ex-Attorney General In Missing Students Case
Newsy
Prosecutors also issued a slew of arrest warrants to army members, police officers and gang members in the disappearances of 43 students in Mexico.
Federal prosecutors said Friday they have arrested the attorney general in Mexico's previous administration on charges he committed abuses in the investigation of the 2014 disappearances of 43 students from a radical teacher college.
Prosecutors also announced they had issued arrest warrants in the case against 20 army soldiers officers, five local officials, 33 local police officers and 11 state police, as well as 14 gang members.
The roundup included the first arrest of a former attorney general in recent history, and one of the biggest mass arrests ever by civilian prosecutors of Mexican army soldiers.
