Suspects had been arrested after drugs, money and rocket launchers seized in Mexico CityTwenty-seven of 31 suspected drugs cartel members arrested this week in a Mexico City raid have been freed by a judge, marking the government’s second high-profile blow on policing the drugs war in as many weeks. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said the unexpected release of the criminal suspects would be investigated but he cautioned against a rush to judgment. Ovidio was freed on 17 October after Sinaloa cartel gunmen overwhelmed security forcing his release and prompting a public outcry. The reform sought to modernise the judicial system by ending closed-doors trials and implementing public proceedings where prosecutors and defenders present evidence. López Obrador said security officials need to be “better trained” and that judges must be “honest, incorruptible”.

Source: The Guardian October 26, 2019 01:50 UTC