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Mexico's Crime Fight Suffers New Blow: Judge Frees Suspected Cartel Members

Reuters

   MEXICO CITY - Twenty-seven of 31 suspected cartel members arrested this
   week in a Mexico City raid were freed by a judge, President Andres
   Manuel Lopez Obrador said Friday, marking his government's second
   high-profile failure to keep suspected criminals locked up in as many
   weeks.

   The suspects were nabbed by security forces in a central district of
   the capital Tuesday after authorities seized two laboratories used to
   produce synthetic drugs, 50 kg (110 pounds) of chemical precursors,
   more than two tons of marijuana and 20 kg of cocaine, as well as an
   unspecified amount of money, rocket launchers and grenades.

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