MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A former top police official once seen as vital to Mexico's battle against drug cartels was arrested on Monday on charges of torturing suspected kidnappers in 2012, Mexican authorities said.
Luis Cardenas Palomino, with the Federal Police from 2010 to 2012, was the next-in-command to former Security Minister Genaro Garcia Luna, who was arrested in the United States in 2019 on charges of taking bribes to help the Sinaloa cartel.
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