November 06, 2017 - 11:15 AM
MEXICO CITY - Mexican Federal Police have arrested a current and former investigator from the Mexico state prosecutors' office after they allegedly detained a man and extorted his family.
The Federal Police say in a statement Monday that authorities were contacted after the 35-year-old man was pulled over Saturday on the main highway between Mexico City and the state of Puebla and accused of being a fuel thief.
The investigators held the man and demanded money instead of taking him to the police station.
Federal police arrested the suspects after a meeting was arranged at a shopping centre to ostensibly pay for the man's release.
Both agents were armed and driving an official vehicle.
News from © The Associated Press, 2017