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Cancun Police Chief Busted in Drug Czar's Torture-Murder

Just in time for spring break

By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 11, 2009 6:54 AM CST

(Newser) – Federal authorities have arrested Cancun's police chief in the recent torture and murder of a retired general who had just been appointed to a drug-fighting task force, reports CNN. The military has taken over the police force in the beach town popular with college students on spring break. In another sign that the country is spinning dangerously out of control, 21 people were shot dead yesterday in Chihuahua after soldiers battled with a drug gang that had seized nine local hostages.

Cancun's police chief Francisco Velasco Delgado is under house arrest as authorities grill him in the torture and murder of a retired general named to a drug-fighting task force.
Cancun's police chief Francisco Velasco Delgado is under house arrest as authorities grill him in the torture and murder of a retired general named to a drug-fighting task force.   (AP Photo/Novedades de Quintana Roo, Eric Galindo)
Cancun, which is being sucked into the vortex of Mexican drug violence, is a popular destination with college students on spring break.
Cancun, which is being sucked into the vortex of Mexican drug violence, is a popular destination with college students on spring break.   (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
Police and forensic workers after a drug gang kidnapped and killed six people in Villa Ahumada, on the outskirts of Ciudad Juarez, northern Mexico, yesterday.
Police and forensic workers after a drug gang kidnapped and killed six people in Villa Ahumada, on the outskirts of Ciudad Juarez, northern Mexico, yesterday.   (AP Photo)
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Feb 10, 2009 9:57 PM CST
that is some moive shit right there.

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