Ex-Mexican Drug Czar Jailed on Corruption Charges

TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico (AP) - Prosecutors have arrested a former Mexican drug czar for alleged corruption.

Chiapas state Attorney General Raciel Lopez says Mariano Herran was charged with embezzling funds while working as Chiapas economy secretary last year.

He gave no further details on Sunday.

Herran was Mexico's drug czar from 1997 to 2000, replacing Gen. Jesus Gutierrez Rebollo, who was convicted of aiding a top drug lord.

Herran served as Chiapas chief prosecutor from 2000 to 2006, then as economy secretary.

His arrest follows the jailing of a dozen-high ranking officials with alleged ties to the Sinaloa cartel - Mexico's biggest corruption scandal since Rebollo.