VILLALDAMA, Mexico — Mexican marines detained more than half the police force of a northern rural town Wednesday for suspected ties to drug cartels.
Marines arrested eight of the 12 officers on the force in Villaldama, a town of about 4,000 people in northeastern Nuevo Leon state, said town hall clerk Erasmo Villarreal.
Nuevo Leon Secretary General Javier Trevino said the police chief was among those arrested...
