Mexican Mayor Arrested in Connection With Cartel Training Camp Where Human Remains Found

The arrest followed Mexican President Sheinbaum’s refusal of U.S. President Trump’s offered to send troops into Mexico to help combat the drug cartels.

The letters 'CJNG' for the group's formal name, Jalisco New Generation Cartel, is scrawled on the facade of an abandoned home, in El Limoncito, in the Michoacan state of Mexico, on Oct. 30, 2021. Eduardo Verdugo/AP Photo

A mayor in western Mexico has been arrested in connection with a stalled probe into a suspected drug cartel training camp, where human remains and clothing were found last September.

During a May 5 presentation, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said that the Attorney General’s Office (FGR) would provide details about the arrest of José Murguía Santiago, mayor of Teuchitlán.