Good news - the untouchables have been touched. From The Guardian:
Mexican police chief arrested in connection to Mormon family killings
Mexican authorities have arrested a municipal police chief for his suspected links to the killing of three women and six children of US-Mexican origin in northern Mexico last month, local media and an official said on Friday.
Suspected drug cartel hitmen shot dead the nine women and children from families of Mormon origin in Sonora state on 4 November, sparking outrage in Mexico and the United States.
Several Mexican media outlets reported that law enforcement agents arrested Fidel Alejandro Villegas, the police chief of the municipality of Janos, which lies in the neighboring state of Chihuahua, on suspicion of involvement in the crime. The reports said he is suspected of having ties to organized crime, but details of his alleged role were not clear.
Mexico needs to do a lot more of this - root out the corrupt police and make their punishment very visible and painful. Not just a slap on the wrist and re-hired after a six month cooling off time.
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