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Reports of a Busy Weekend for Mexican Police
 Associated Press
December 20, 2009
The capture of a suspected lieutenant of the Beltran Leyva drug cartel, finding the burned bodies of eight men in Queretaro, and the death of four officers in Ciudad Juarez, makes for a busy weekend for Mexico's police.
Mexico Catches Cartel Suspect Linked to 109 Deaths
Associated Press
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December 20, 2009
Mexico City — Mexican police say they have captured a suspected lieutenant of the Beltran Leyva drug cartel linked to more than 109 execution-style killings.
The Public Safety department says Jesus Basilio Araujo is also known by the nickname "The Chicken."
It said Sunday in a statement that Araujo allegedly worked for an aide to drug lord Arturo Beltran Leyva, who died Wednesday in a shootout with Navy personnel.
The statement did not say if Araujo's detention Friday was linked to the gunbattle. He was arrested in a town near where the clash occurred.
Araujo was allegedly responsible for a series of killings of rival traffickers and others. Many of the bodies bore messages referring to "The Boss of Bosses," Beltran Leyva's nickname.
Bodies of 8 Men Found in Burned Truck in Mexico
Associated Press
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December 20, 2009
Mexico City — The bound and burned bodies of eight men were found in the central Mexico state of Queretaro, prosecutors said Saturday.
The still-unidentified bodies were discovered in the back of two burned-out trucks on a rural road late Friday, state and federal prosecutors said in a statement.
The victims' hands were tied behind their backs with wire, and they were apparently killed elsewhere.
Also Saturday, in the northern state of Chihuahua, officials reported that gunmen killed four police officers in a series of attacks on patrol cars in the border city of Ciudad Juarez on Friday.
State police spokesman Fidel Banuelos said the first attack killed two brothers who were patrolling together but worked for different agencies.
Police and prosecutors said two more officers were wounded in two other attacks.
There was no immediate information on possible motives. Nearly 2,500 people have died in drug-related violence this year in the city across from El Paso, Texas.
And federal authorities announced Saturday that a suspect in the high-profile 2005 kidnapping of businessman Hugo Alberto Wallace, whose mother later went on to become an anti-crime crusader, has been taken into custody in Mexico.
The federal Attorney General's Office said Salomon Tagle was expelled from the Dominican Republic flown to Mexico, where he was taken into custody on kidnapping charges.
Several other suspects have been arrested in part as a result of investigations carried out by Wallace's mother, Maria Isabel Miranda. Frustrated with investigators' lack of progress in her son's case, Miranda launched her own probe and a public campaign to press for justice.
Her son was presumably killed by his kidnappers, but his body has never been found.
4 Policemen Killed in Violent Border City
Associated Press
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December 20, 2009
Ciudad Juarez, Mexico — Mexican law enforcement officials say four police officers have died in a series of attacks on patrol cars in the border city of Ciudad Juarez.
Chihuahua state police and prosecutors say two more officers are recovering from wounds suffered in three attacks by gunmen on Friday.
State police spokesman Fidel Banuelos says the first attack killed two brothers who were patrolling together but worked for different agencies.
Authorities said Saturday that two more attacks on police vehicles left two officers dead and two wounded.
There was no immediate information on possible motives. Nearly 2,500 people have died in drug-related violence this year in the city across from El Paso, Texas.
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