Police officers arrested

Monterrey: Mexican officials have arrested a dozen police officers for suspected involvement in the massacre of 19 people in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas last month, state prosecutors said yesterday..

Irving Barrios, attorneygeneral of Tamaulipas, told a news conference investigations showed at least 12 state police were probably involved in the killings in the municipality of Camargo.

A spokesman for state police confirmed the arrests.

Authorities have identified two Guatemalan migrants among the 19, whose charred bodies were found in a bulletriddled, burntout vehicle.— Reuters