Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Mexico missing: Organised crime charges for ex-mayor's wife
Source: BBC
6 January 2015 Last updated at 07:19 GMT
Mexico missing: Organised crime charges for ex-mayor's wife
The wife of the former mayor of the Mexican city where 43 students went missing has been charged with organised crime and money laundering.
Prosecutors say Maria de los Angeles Pineda's brothers were in a drug gang that operated in Iguala, Guerrero.
They said police handed the students over to the drug gang after clashes in September. The gang then killed them and burned their bodies.
Maria Pineda and her husband Jose Luis Abarca were arrested in November.
[font size=1]-snip-[/font]
Mexico missing: Organised crime charges for ex-mayor's wife
The wife of the former mayor of the Mexican city where 43 students went missing has been charged with organised crime and money laundering.
Prosecutors say Maria de los Angeles Pineda's brothers were in a drug gang that operated in Iguala, Guerrero.
They said police handed the students over to the drug gang after clashes in September. The gang then killed them and burned their bodies.
Maria Pineda and her husband Jose Luis Abarca were arrested in November.
[font size=1]-snip-[/font]
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-30692181
