Retired General New Anti-Drug Official Murdered in Cancun

MEXICO CITY -- Mexican troops today seized the municipal police headquarters in the resort city of Cancun as an investigation deepened into the slaying there of a recently retired army general. Scores of soldiers backed by two armored cars took over the offices amid press reports that Cancun's police chief and other officials may be implicated in the Feb. 2 torture-killings of Gen. Mauro Tello, his bodyguard and his driver. Cancun's public safety chief and six officers from its traffic police department were removed from their posts, the mayor's office said today. Federal investigators arrrested the public safety director, Francisco Velasco, who faces charges related to the killings, a spokesman for the Mexican attorney general's office said..

On his first day in his new job to fight the tide of drugs in the Cancun area Retired General Mauro Enrique Tello,Quinonez was tortured and murdered according to CNN. He was shot 11 times, his skin was burned, his knees were broken, as were bones in his hands and wrists. Organized crime is believed responsible for the crime, which police believe occurred in Cancun according to CNN.

The aide and driver for Mauro Enrique Tello Quinonez were also murdered. The hands of all three victims were bound according to CNN. The lawlessness of Cancun, with drug trade running rampant is alarming indeed for residents and tourists.