Tuesday, June 01, 2010 CANCUN, Mexico -- Mexican federal police have arrested the mayor of the resort city of Cancun on drug trafficking, money laundering and organized crime charges. Gregorio Sanchez, who took a leave of absence from his mayoral post to run for governor of the Caribbean coastal state of Quintana Roo, was taken into custody at Cancun's international airport after arriving on a flight from Mexico City. While Mexico's 2010 elections have been marred by violence and allegations of drug cartel involvement, officials said they could not immediately remember another case in which a gubernatorial candidate has been arrested on drug charges. "This takes us all by surprise, it is unprecedented," said current Quintana Roo Gov. Felix Gonzalez Cantu. Ricardo Najera, a spokesman for the federal Attorney General's Office, said the charges allege Sanchez played a role in fomenting or aiding drug trafficking. Sanchez's website published an article in ...
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