Mexicans in ‘Forgotten State’ Hail Arrest of Fugitive Mayor
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The elected mayor is under arrest, the police chief is on the run and city hall is a fire-ravaged shell of a building. This is the southern Mexican city of Iguala, a symbol of how drug-related violence has undermined the state’s grip on law and order.
Former Mayor Jose Luis Abarca and his wife were captured in Mexico City yesterday after authorities alleged that they orchestrated the mass kidnapping of 43 students in Iguala on Sept. 26. The city hall was torched a month later during protests over government inaction.