EX-POLICE OFFICER ARRESTED IN BIRTHDAY PARTY MASSACRE

Mexican authorities on Saturday arrested a third man in connection
with the massacre at a house party last month in Juarez that left 15
people dead.

Chihuahua Joint Operation officials said former municipal police
officer Aldo Favio Hernandez Lozano, 36, allegedly worked as a hit man
for the Juarez cartel, also known as La Linea.

Officials said Hernandez Lozano told authorities he killed at least
one person who tried to escape the shooting Jan. 30 at a birthday
party in the 1300 block of Villas del Portal. Eleven of the victims
were teen agers.

While officials said some of the victims were gang members, most were
identified by friends and relatives as students and athletes.

In another development, Mexican Federal Police on Friday arrested
Tiburcio Ramirez Arrellanes, who is believed to be related to and work
closely with Crispin Borunda, an alleged leader of the Juarez cartel.

Borunda is wanted by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in El
Paso on charges of continuing criminal enterprise and conspiracy,
according to the agency's records.

Angel Torres, spokesman for the Mexican attorney general, said federal
police detained Ramirez early Friday in Chihuahua City.

Ramirez is under arrest, but has not been charged, Torres
said.

Also Friday, the Chihuahua state police and the Mexican army arrested
10 suspects -- eight men and two women -- in connection with the
kidnapping of 12 people in Juarez.