Article: 11 Mexican federal agents charged with kidnapping in connection with drug DVD

MARK STEVENSON, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
12-02-2005
Dateline: MEXICO CITY
Eleven federal agents were charged with kidnapping four alleged drug hit men and possibly helping rival traffickers kill them, as depicted on a brutal DVD made public, the Mexican Attorney General's office said Thursday.

The federal agents _ who also face charges of drug trafficking, organized crime and weapons possession _ were paid by a rival cartel, said Jose Luis Santiago Vasconcelos, Mexico's top anti-drug prosecutor.

The victims _ four men seen beaten and bound on the homemade video, one of whom was shot in the head at the end of the tape _ identify themselves as members of a band of Mexican ...

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