Mexico City ( 10 arrested on murder charges - 2 linked to killing Federal police officer )

Police Arrest 10 on Murder, Drug Charges in Northeast Mexico

MEXICO CITY – Ten people were arrested by the Federal Police on murder, drug, kidnapping and cattle rustling charges in the northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas, the National Security Commission said.

Federal Police officers spotted two vehicles on a highway near Ciudad Victoria, the capital of Tamaulipas, trying to evade a checkpoint and whose “occupants had firearms and were tossing metallic items on the pavement,” the commission said in a statement.

Officers stopped the two vehicles and arrested the 10 people aboard.

Two of the suspects have been linked to the killing of a Federal Police officer in Ciudad Victoria in March, the commission said.

Officers seized two rifles, a handgun, 85 rounds of ammunition, three ammunition clips, a bullet-proof vest and small quantities of marijuana and cocaine from the suspects.

Tamaulipas has been plagued by a turf war pitting the Gulf cartel against the Los Zetas and Sinaloa cartels. EFE