At least eight state police officers from the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas are under investigation for the alleged kidnapping of a local businessman who was forced to pay a ransom for his release.

The incident took place in May, but it wasn’t until this week that the head of the Tamaulipas police, Carlos Arturo Pancardo, was forced to confirm the kidnapping and revealed that the internal affairs division was looking into the matter. The Tamaulipas Attorney General’s Office is carrying out its own investigation.

According to Pancardo, the eight officers have been moved out of Reynosa and are being held at the state police compound in…

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