A midlevel official in the Mexico City Attorney General’s Office has been formally charged with kidnapping, the prosecutor’s office announced. City police arrested César Alfonso Rodríguez last week as he was allegedly carrying a kidnap victim in his own car, whose license plates had been covered with those of a stolen vehicle. The Attorney General’s Office announced in a news release late Tuesday that a judge had ordered Rodríguez and three alleged accomplices held for trial following an arraignment. They could face as much as 40 years in prison. Full Story