MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon — Gunmen with the Los Zetas cartel tried to ambush a convoy of Mexican soldiers and police officers less than 60 miles south of the Texas border. The trucks used by the cartel gunmen had messages of love spray painted on them.
Authorities in the northern Mexican border state of Nuevo Leon have seized assets of that state’s former governor and some of his top officials. Investigators are accusing them of public corruption and embezzlement to the tune of more than $200 million.
Officials from the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon announced a bold new initiative with the creation of an anti-corruption unit to investigate members of that state’s congress over bribery. One of the cases deals with the manufacturing plant for Korean car-maker KIA. A second investigation deals with a public relations firm tasked with raising the profile of former government officials.
The Mexican government claims it has registered significant declines in kidnapping rates for 2015. Many drug war observers and Mexican citizens are very skeptical about the truth behind these government figures.
