MEXICO CITY - Mexico says a former senior police official is under investigation for ties to drug gangs.
The revelation comes amid growing evidence of high-level corruption within security forces that are battling the cartels.
The federal Attorney General's Office said yesterday that Rodolfo de la Guardia Garcia has been placed under house arrest for 40 days.
Investigators are looking into the possibility that he had leaked information to the Sinaloa cartel. He served as a senior official in the federal police from...
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