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Mexico arrests 30 marines over disappearances in Tamaulipas
Published 43 minutes ago
Thirty Mexican marines have been arrested over the disappearance of an unspecified number of people in the north-eastern state of Tamaulipas in 2014, officials say.
Prosecutors say the victims went missing when the marines deployed in the border city of Nuevo Loredo.
About 85,000 people have disappeared in Mexico since 2006, when the government launched a war on drugs traffickers.
Criminal groups are behind most cases, but security forces are also blamed.
This is the largest detention of military personnel in relation to disappearances in recent years, and a blow to the Mexican Navy, considered the country's most trusted security force.
More:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-56524191
