Official arrested after she allegedly covered up mayor's cartel-linked killing in Mexico
- Updated on: October 30, 2026 / 7:05 AM EDT / CBS/AFP Add CBS News on Google Mexican authorities arrested an official allegedly linked to the killing of a mayor who was vocal about drug violence, prosecutors reported on Thursday.
- Assassins killed Carlos Manzo in the city of Uruapan last November during Day of the Dead celebrations, in a case that ignited fury across Mexico last year.
- Uruapan's welfare secretary Rosa Alejandra Vargas was arrested "for her probable responsibility in the crime of concealment," Michoacan state prosecutors said in a statement.
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- Updated on: October 30, 2026 / 7:05 AM EDT / CBS/AFP Add CBS News on Google Mexican authorities arrested an official allegedly linked to the killing of a mayor who was vocal about drug violence, prosecutors reported on Thursday.
- Assassins killed Carlos Manzo in the city of Uruapan last November during Day of the Dead celebrations, in a case that ignited fury across Mexico last year.
- Uruapan's welfare secretary Rosa Alejandra Vargas was arrested "for her probable responsibility in the crime of concealment," Michoacan state prosecutors said in a statement.
Sources: CBS News