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Mexico arrests police officer in killings of 12 young people kidnapped from bar

FILE - In this file photo composite of images taken from flyers made by relatives showing 10 of at least 12 young people who were kidnapped in broad daylight from an after hours bar in Mexico City on May 26, 2013. Ricardo Martinez, an attorney for the families of at least 12 of the people who disappeared at the nightclub said on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013 that officials discovered 13 bodies and are investigating whether they are those of the missing. Martinez says a suspect in the Heaven case led officials to two graves containing the bodies. From left to right, top row; Josue Piedra Moreno, Aaron Piedra Moreno, Rafael Rojas, Alan Omar Athiencia Barragon, Jennifer Robles Gonzalez. From left to right, bottom row; Jerzy Ortiz Ponce, Said Sanchez Garcia, Guadalupe Morales Vargas, Eulogio Foseca Arreola, Gabriela Tellez Zamudio. AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File

MEXICO CITY – Mexico City authorities say they have arrested a police officer and another man in the abduction and killing of 12 young people who were taken in May from a bar near the U.S. Embassy.

Mexico City Attorney General Rodolfo Rios says the two suspects helped kidnap the group, whose decomposing bodies were found last month buried in a ranch near the capital.

Rios says the police officer worked in the Zona Rosa, a touristy area of bars and restaurants where the 12 were kidnapped.

He said Thursday the latest arrests bring to 15 the number of suspects in custody.

Prosecutors have said they believe the killings were in revenge for the slaying of a drug dealer in the trendy Condesa neighbourhood.

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