Animal Politico: Eight members of the municipal police of Papantla, Veracruz, were arrested by the authorities for their alleged connection with the case of the forced disappearance of three young men, on March 19, the state prosecutor, Luis Angel Bravo, stated in an interview with Milenio Television on Monday, March 28.
The official explained in a press conference that the police are accused of the crime of enforced disappearance, and they have already been admitted to the regional prison. Among those arrested was the commander of the municipal police of Papantla, Bernardino Olmedo Castillo. In an earlier report, the state Secretariat of Public Security (SSP) had indicated that a total of 10 arrest warrants were issued for those believed to be involved in the disappearances.
The three young men who have disappeared are Uriel Perez Cruz, Luis Alberto Morales Santiago, and Jesus Alán Ticante. According to relatives, they were intercepted by presumed municipal police of Papantla, and since then their whereabouts are unknown.
In a statement released on Monday, March 28, the Secretariat of Public Security of Veracruz explained that the municipal police of Papantla "were arrested by personnel from the state Attorney General's Office, the Civil Force and the Navy and presented to the Public Ministry [investigative police and prosecutors] to make formal statements" regarding the case of young people. ...Spanish original