MEXICO: Cancun Mayor Arrested On Drug Charges.

LATIMES/    Cancun Mayor Gregorio Sanchez, who's running for governor of Quintana Roo, was arrested by federal police on drug trafficking, money laundering and organized crime charges. Police claim Sanchez offered information and protection to the Zetas and Beltran Leyva narco gangs.
"This takes us all by surprise, it is unprecedented," said Q. Roo Gov. Felix Gonzalez Cantu. "This is a political prosecution. There is no other word for it," Sanchez's wife told reporters. Sanchez was known  for firing corrupt police officers and turning empty lots into parks.