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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | April 2008 
Six Mexican Agents Held on Suspicion of Extortion
 San Diego Union-Tribune
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Tijuana - A top state police commander and his five bodyguards were being held on suspicion of extortion after a woman they detained outside their regular working hours accused them of demanding that her family pay $5,000 for her release.
José Angel Meza Valdez, commander of the Baja California Preventive Police in Tijuana, and five agents were taken into custody in eastern Tijuana by members of the Mexican military Monday night.
A military communique said the six agents were arrested when soldiers responded to a complaint that a woman had been abducted by members of the State Preventive Police.
Meza, interviewed by reporters at a Tijuana military base, proclaimed his innocence yesterday morning. He said the agents had detained a woman with packets of suspected cocaine, and they were taking her to an office of the Baja California Attorney General to confirm the content. “It's not right that we risk our lives and then we don't receive even the least bit of support,” Meza said.
Agustín Pérez, a state spokesman, said the agents were not on duty at the time of the arrest and had not reported the woman's detention. Besides the criminal investigation by the state, Baja California's Secretariat of Public Safety is conducting an internal investigation, Pérez said. |
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