CORRUPTION

MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico's drug corruption scandals reached into the
presidential guard as authorities identified a officer who served in
the unit as a possible spy for the country's violent drug cartels.

An official with the federal prosecutors office who was not authorized
to be quoted by name identified Arturo Gonzalez Rodriguez on Saturday
as an army major who was assigned to the unit of the presidential guard.

Prosecutors announced on Friday that Gonzalez Rodriguez had been
placed under house arrest for 40 days while he is investigated.

The prosecution official said there are allegations that the officer
passed information to the Beltran Leyva drug cartel in exchange for
payments of as mush as $100,000.