Police link to mass killing a blow for Mexico City
Police link to mass killing a blow for Mexico City
Modified: September 24, 2013 at 11:06 pm • Published: September 24, 2013
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The arrest of four police officers in a case that has unsettled Mexico City is tarnishing the image officials have tried to cultivate of the capital as a safe haven from the violence and police corruption that plague other parts of Mexico.
The four are among 18 people now in custody for what's become known as the Heaven case, named for the after-hours bar in an upscale part of the city where 12 young people were kidnapped in broad daylight May 26. Their bodies were found three months later in a mass grave on a ranch in rural Mexico state.
Security Chief Jesus Rodriguez Almeida told The Associated Press about the most recent arrest Tuesday, saying the four officers had all been through the department's vetting process and had four to 11 years of service with the police. He could not say whether they passed background checks, polygraphs and other tests, citing rules of confidentiality.
"We're not prejudging whether they're guilty or not," Almeida said.
The kidnap and killing shook the city's image as one of the safer areas of Mexico, relatively free of brutal, drug-related crime that has been common in border cities and other areas where cartels fight over transit routes and territory.
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