Mexican prosecutors announced Sunday they have put 93 police
officers and investigators under house arrest on suspicion of aiding
the Zetas, a feared gang of hit men tied to the Gulf drug cartel.
Corruption scandals have long plagued Mexican law enforcement, but
the detentions represented one of the biggest single roundups of
suspected officers in recent years. It came as investigators have been
increasingly reporting finds of apparent payroll lists of police
officers in the possession of drug traffickers.
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