Bodies of federal police agents discovered by rural Baja road

By Sandra Dibble

UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

8:33 p.m. April 17, 2008

TECATE – The tortured bodies of two Mexican federal police agents and a third man also believed to be a federal agent were discovered early Thursday by a rural road between Tijuana and Tecate, the Baja California Attorney General's Office reported.

The victims were members of the Federal Preventive Police. The two who were identified were Manuel Alejandro Arellano Figueroa and Guillermo Cahutle Hernandez, according to a written statement.
The agents had been missing since Wednesday, said a law enforcement source who spoke on condition of anonymity late Thursday because the investigation was ongoing.

The agents had recently been sent from Mexico City to investigate organized crime, the source said.

The bodies were found about 5:30 a.m. near Rancho La Paloma. Their heads were covered with adhesive tape, and three Browning 9mm pistols, weapons used by federal police, were found nearby.

Sandra Dibble: (619) 293-1716; sandra.dibble@uniontrib.com

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