10 arrested for killing police chief in Mexico

September 25th, 2009 Mexico Police arrest 5 in drug rehab executionsCIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Police have arrested five men accused of dozens of murders, including two mass killings at drug treatment centers in this northern Mexico border city. Police say the men were members of the Sinaloa cartel, a violent gang entrenched in a brutal turf war for control of drug routes to the United States.

September 19th, 2009 Gunmen kill illegal migrant in southern MexicoTUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico — Mexican officials say gunmen have attacked a group of illegal immigrants in southern Mexico, killing one and wounding five as well as an alleged people smuggler. According to Mexico's federal preventative police, gunmen fired on a truck carrying the migrants before dawn Saturday along a highway outside the city of Comitan in Chiapas state.

September 18th, 2009 Shooting in Mexico City subway kills at least 2MEXICO CITY — A man scrawling graffiti inside a downtown subway station pulled out a gun and began shooting when confronted by police Friday, killing at least two people and wounding five before being shot and subdued by officers. Mexico City Attorney General Miguel Angel Mancera said a passenger and a police officer were killed at the Balderas subway station, near the Ciudadela crafts market.

September 18th, 2009 MEXICO CITY - The former police chief in the Gulf coast port of Veracruz was among 11 people arrested for the kidnapping of Mexican customs official Francisco Serrano Aramoni, who remains missing and is feared dead. Jose Osiris Cruz was detained Wednesday by military police, the Mexican Attorney General's Office said.

September 14th, 2009 31 Mexican police arrested for alleged drug tiesMEXICO CITY — Thirty-one police officers have been arrested in a central Mexican state on suspicion of collaborating with a gang of drug cartel hit men. The Public Safety Department says the officers were arrested as part of a months-long investigation into alleged ties between police and the Zetas in Hidalgo, a state north of Mexico City.

September 7th, 2009 Teen arrested in Mexican politician's slayingVILLAHERMOSA, Mexico — Police have arrested a 16-year-old boy and two young men for allegedly killing a state congressional candidate and his family. Tabasco state Attorney General Rafael Gonzalez says the three told police they planned to burglarize the home of 43-year-old Jose Francisco Fuente and rape his 38-year-old wife.

August 3rd, 2009 LUCKNOW - Three men were arrested Monday in Uttar Pradesh's Shravasti district for killing peacocks and three carcasses of the birds were seized from them, police said. "Mohd. Arman Khan, Chand Mohammad and Azizur Rehman, who had shot the peacocks Sunday, were arrested today (Monday) from the Bantiwa area in Shravasti," police inspector Satyakant Yadav told reporters.

July 17th, 2009 Mexican arrests 2 in teen's kidnapping, murderMEXICO CITY — Mexican police have arrested two men suspected of kidnapping a prominent businessman's teenage son, whose murder sparked nationwide protests against crime. Jose Montiel, 34, and Noe Robles, 31, are believed to be members of a Mexico City gang responsible for at least 23 abductions, Federal Police intelligence coordinator Luis Cardenas said Friday.

July 16th, 2009 Man accused of killing wife on cruise to MexicoSAN DIEGO — A cruise ship passenger was arrested Thursday morning for allegedly killing his wife days earlier during a trip to Mexico, authorities said. The man was arrested by FBI agents after the 2,052-passenger Carnival Elation docked at its homeport in San Diego, FBI spokesman Darrell Foxworth said.

July 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A domestic help was arrested for murdering and robbing a 67-year-old man in the national capital, police said Monday. Surjit Munda, 20, was arrested by a team of Delhi police from his home town in Jharkhand Sunday where he fled after committing the crime July 5, a police officer said.

June 14th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Three men have been arrested for killing peacocks in Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli district Sunday, police said. The three men - Badlu, Ansar and Beni - were arrested in Dhanpalpur village of Rae Bareli, 80 km from state capital Lucknow.

June 13th, 2009 5 arrested in killing of Mexican crime reporterMEXICO CITY — Five suspects have been arrested in the killing of a veteran crime reporter in northern Mexico, including one man who told authorities the journalist was slain as a warning against meddling with a powerful drug cartel, authorities said Friday. Eliseo Barron was abducted May 25 by gunmen who barged into his home in Gomez Palacio, a town in the drug-plagued northern state of Durango, and beat the newspaper reporter in front of his wife and two daughters.

June 3rd, 2009 3 arrested in armored car guard killing in Wash.LAKEWOOD, Wash. — Police near Tacoma, Wash., say three arrests have been made and at least one other person is being sought in the killing of an armored car guard at a Wal-Mart.

May 9th, 2009 Mexico arrests 25 Tijuana officers in cartel bustTIJUANA, Mexico — Mexico arrested 25 Tijuana police officers and two civilians on organized crime charges for alleged drug gang ties, the federal attorney general's office said Friday. The suspects are accused of helping alleged Arellano Felix cartel leader Teodoro Garcia, one of Mexico's 24 most wanted drug suspects, the office said in a statement.

April 22nd, 2009 Mexican police: 3 US men arrested for kidnappingTIJUANA, Mexico — Police say they have arrested a U.S. man and his two sons for allegedly kidnapping the father's girlfriend.