Translated for Borderland Beat from a Proceso article by Otis B Fly-Wheel
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| Margarita Arellanos Cervantes |
A body guard of Magarita Arellanos Cervantes the Mayor of Monterrey, front runner for the Governorship of Nuevo Leon, was arrested with three other Police men, by the Federal Police in Zapopan, Jalisco, as part of a band of kidnappers, informed local media sources.
According to the reports from the Municipal Police of Monterrey, Antonio Gonzalez Abad " El Mocho ", formed part of a band of Los Zetas, he commanded a gang involving agents Bernardino Bautista Arenas, El Bernie, Jesus Adrian Lara Rodriguez, El Gordo, and Abraham Hererra Encina.
The three police officers are currently fugitives.
El Mocho, who worked for the Millitary from 2003 - 2006. He was arrested on 13th of January on charges of kidnapping, extortion, organized crime and drug trafficking and placed at the disposal of SEIDO.
The case indicates that as head of the cell, he effected the kidnapping of five people and claimed payment from the families of the victims.
Gonzalez Abad had been betrayed by his accomplices, who were arrested in December of last year, in an investigation that followed after the abduction and subsequent release of a woman by a police raid in the Municipality of Escobedo, Nuevo Leon.
Magarita Arrellanes Cervantes, obtained a Mayoral license for Monterrey on 24th of December , as part of that agreement, she could keep her existing security detail as well as vehicles used for that purpose.
PAN have made no comments on the arrests
Original article in spanish at Proceso.com