Arrests in Mexico unconfirmed by FBI

The FBI has not confirmed the arrest of two men in northern Mexico as suspects in the shooting death of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Ivie that took place in the early morning on Tuesday in southern Cochise County. The Herald/Review, in conjunction with El Mirador newspaper in Naco, Sonora, were unable to confirm the report with Mexican officials on Wednesday evening. On Wednesday, the Reuters news service reported that two suspects detained in Mexico were arrested in a Mexican military operation in Agua Prieta, Sonora, according to a Mexican Army officer, who declined to be named. A Mexican police official in Naco, Sonora, confirmed to Reuters the arrests, which occurred in the early hours of Wednesday morning...more