Guatemalan police chief, drug czar detained

[Judi Lynn]

Guatemalan police chief, drug czar detained
By JUAN CARLOS LLORCA (AP) – 41 minutes ago

GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemala's national police chief and anti-drug czar were detained Tuesday in a case of stolen cocaine that led to the deaths of five police agents.

Attorney General Amilcar Velasquez told The Associated Press that Police Chief Baltazar Gonzalez, anti-drug czar Nelly Bonilla and a third, unidentified official were being held "for being linked to the robbery of drugs in Amatitlan in March 2009."

None of the three had been charged.

Velasquez did not describe how the death of the agents was related to the stolen cocaine in Amatitlan, just south of Guatemala City and officials did not immediately give details about the case.

Gonzalez is the second national police chief to be detained for alleged drug ties in the past year. In September, Porfirio Perez was suspended and later detained for allegedly stealing $300,000 from smugglers. He is awaiting trial.

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