In Mexico, behind bars at the same time pleased 10 mayors.

In the Mexican state of Michoacán, the security forces during an operation against drug traffickers arrested 27 senior officials, 10 of them - mayors. They are all suspected of having links to drug trafficking and other organized crime clans, the Los Angeles Times.
State Governor Leonel Godoy, officials confirmed the arrest and said that he was not informed of the forthcoming operation. The Prosecutor General's Office staff said that also arrested one of the advisers of Godoy, the judge and several heads of law enforcement agencies.
Some of the suspects taken to continue the investigation in Mexico City. In carrying out the operation was also interrogated the brother of the governor politician Julio Cesar Godoy. After questioning he was released.
The publication notes that this is the first case of mass arrests of Mexican officials who are elected to office. The central authorities are seeking, according to the newspaper, to deprive drug traffickers political cover. In the state of Michoacán is based one of the most influential and fastest-growing drug gangs La Familia.
The operation in the state of Michoacán was another step in large-scale war against the drug cartels, which in 2006 declared the Mexican President Felipe Calderon. For this purpose, involving about 45 thousand regular army troops. Despite the measures taken, the level of violence in connection with the drug remains high. Only in 2008 the drug had died at the hands of about seven thousand people in 2009 - more than a thousand.
Most of the drugs produced in Latin America, into the United States in transit through Mexico. Annual drug trafficking across the US-Mexican border is estimated at 25 billion dollars. Concerned about this situation Washington is also taking steps to strengthen control of the border and facilitate the Mexican authorities to combat narkokrtelyami.