MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
By Jerry Lambe @ LawandCrime.com, Dec. 27
Authorities in Mexico arrested a municipal police chief Friday in connection with the Nov. 4 slaughter of three women and six children from a Mormon family in northern Mexico, according to reports from several local media outlets.
A federal official confirmed to Reuters that Fidel Alejandro Villegas, the director of public safety in the municipality of Janos, was taken into custody on suspicion of being involved in a massacre authorities believe was carried out by drug cartel hitmen [....]