The AP reports this week that the body of a former federal narcotics prosecutor, strangled and apparently tortured, was found in an oil drum on the side of a road in the central state of Morelos. Fernando Pasqual Velez, 47, had been practicing on his own for some time, but there are reports that he may have been investigating traffickers in addition to his private defense practice.

Also this week, 11 Mexican policemen, including 2 commanders from the southern state of Guerrero, were detained by the Mexican Army when they were found to be transporting over 1,600 lbs. of marijuana in official vehicles. A cache of weapons were also recovered. This arrest comes less than a month after the arrests of two other commanders and three police officers on similar charges in the nearby town of San Miguel Totolapan.

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