Mexico politician arrested - report

MEXICO CITY - A former ruling party governor of Veracruz state was arrested in Mexico City on Tuesday, a police source said.

MEXICO CITY - A former ruling party governor of Veracruz state was arrested in Mexico City on Tuesday, a police source said.

Mr Dante Delgado Rannauro, who defected from the long-ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) several weeks ago to join a small left-wing splinter party, "has been arrested. .. for a federal crime," the source said.

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