Latin American Herald Tribune - Mexican Cops Nab Gang Wanted for 15 Murders: "Police in the central state of Mexico captured 19 members of a gang suspected in at least 15 murders involving decapitation, the state Attorney General’s Office said.

Among those arrested was the gang’s leader, 28-year-old Alejandro Yañez Hernandez, an ex-cop and erstwhile member of the La Familia Michoacana drug cartel, the AG’s office said in a statement.

Yañez served in at least two different police departments in the states of Michoacan and Queretaro and may also be a veteran of the Mexican army.

After carrying out killings on behalf of La Familia, which was seeking to displace other criminal outfits operating in Mexico state, Yañez struck out on his own, the AG’s office said."

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