16 Kidnapped Police Workers Freed in Southern Mexico After Gang Demands Met

Sixteen police employees who were kidnapped in southern Mexico were released after three days.
The circumstances surrounding their release were not disclosed.
Their kidnappers had demanded the firing of three police officials and the release of a singer kidnapped by another gang.
The police workers were taken by armed men while traveling on a highway in Chiapas state.
Violence has increased in southern Mexico due to a turf war between two major cartels.