US charges former Mexican minister with drug trafficking
Ex-defence chief Salvador Cienfuegos, who was arrested in Los Angeles, used his power to protect a drug cartel, according to a US indictment.
U.S. detains Mexico's ex-defense ministerMexico's president on Friday promised to clean up the armed forces after the arrest of a former defense minister on U.S drug charges, which he called evidence some of his predecessors were "mafiosi."..