16 police officers arrested in connection with Mexico mass graves
Mexico City (CNN) -- Sixteen municipal police officers from the northeastern Mexican town of San Fernando have been arrested for allegedly protecting those responsible for the mass graves uncovered there, the country's attorney general said.
The police officers worked to cover up the killings of the Zetas drug cartel, Attorney General Marisela Morales said.
Authorities recovered six more bodies from the mass graves Wednesday, bringing the total number of bodies found to 122, state attorney general's spokesman Ruben Dario Rios Lopez said.
Morales said that to date, investigators have identified 17 people who participated in the executions of the victims.
Mexico City (CNN) -- Sixteen municipal police officers from the northeastern Mexican town of San Fernando have been arrested for allegedly protecting those responsible for the mass graves uncovered there, the country's attorney general said.
The police officers worked to cover up the killings of the Zetas drug cartel, Attorney General Marisela Morales said.
Authorities recovered six more bodies from the mass graves Wednesday, bringing the total number of bodies found to 122, state attorney general's spokesman Ruben Dario Rios Lopez said.
Morales said that to date, investigators have identified 17 people who participated in the executions of the victims.
