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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.
Mexican Mayor Arrested in Connection With Cartel Training Camp Where Human Remains Found
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
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
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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.
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
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Darlene McCormick Sanchez is an Epoch Times reporter who covers border security and immigration, election integrity, and Texas politics. Ms. McCormick Sanchez has 20 years of experience in media and has worked for outlets including Waco Tribune Herald, Tampa Tribune, and Waterbury Republican-American. She was a finalist for a Pulitzer prize for investigative reporting.