Drug War Corruption: Former high-ranking Mexico police official gets 10-year sentence for drug ties

AP/Washington Post: "A former high-ranking federal police official has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in Mexico for helping the Sinaloa drug cartel. The case of former regional police security coordinator Javier Herrera Valles had been a scandal and for some a cause celebre, in part because he was arrested after having publicly accused some of his superiors of corruption or incompetence." read more