Gang boss arrested in Mexico

(Vatican Radio) The alleged boss of a gang of drug traffickers who massacred nine Guatemalan Police Officers, has been arrested in Southern Mexico and promptly deported.

The sheer savagery of the attack stunned Guatemalan Authorities who are hardened by years of extreme narcotics and organized crime related mayhem. In June, a gang of 36 heavily armed persons attacked a Police Station in the remote North Western town of Salcaja, near the Pan American Highway which is a favoured route of tons of illicit cocaine en route for Mexico and destined for the streets of the United States.

In the massacre, eight officers were shot dead in execution manner on the spot. Their Commander was dragged away and tortured. His dismembered body was later found near a river.

Guatemala's Security Minister Mauricio Lopez accused Eduardo Villatoro Cano of planning the massacre. Fourteen people have since been arrested including a Police Officer. Villatoro Cano was arrested with a henchman in a dawn raid in Tuxla Gutierrez the Capitol of the Southern Mexican State of Chiapas. He has been sent to Guatemala to face justice.

Listen to James Blears’ report: