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Mexico

Warrant issued for ex-mayor

Mexican officials have issued an arrest warrant for the former mayor of a southern city for the kidnapping of 43 students at a teaching college. Tomas Zeron, head of criminal investigations for the Federal Prosecutor's Office, announced the arrest order on Tuesday night. Forty-four other people are named in the warrant. It is the first time the judicial system has officially linked the ex-mayor of Iguala, Jose Luis Abarca, to the disappearances. Formal charges have not been filed.