158 cops arrested in Mexico

Authorities arrested 158 police officers in two northern Mexican towns over alleged links to drug traffickers Friday, forcing the army and state police to fill the security void, prosecutors said.
The army, federal and state police rounded up 110 municipal officers in the town of Lerdo and another 48 in neighboring Gomez Palacio, including their two chiefs, said Durango state attorney general Sonia de la Garza Fragoso.