Top cops accused in Mexico disappearances

09 February 2018 - 03H23

COATZACOALCOS (MEXICO) (AFP) -

Authorities in the violent Mexican state of Veracruz accused two former state police chiefs and other top cops Thursday of running a hit squad that abducted and presumably killed at least 15 people.

A total of 20 people were arrested, charged or targeted with arrest warrants in the case, the product of a more than year-long investigation, said Governor Miguel Angel Yunes.

"This investigation proved that certain bad elements (in the police force) and their commanders violated the most basic human right: the right to life," his office said in a statement.

The crimes were allegedly perpetrated mainly during the administration of ex-governor Javier Duarte, who is currently in jail awaiting trial on corruption charges, and is accused of presiding over gross human rights violations in the eastern state.

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