Four dozen individuals were arrested in and around San Diego, California and Tijuana, Mexico this week including a Mexican law enforcement official who worked with U.S.

authorities. He was charged with sharing confidential information with drug traffickers and arranging the arrests of his drug boss' rivals, according to a far-reaching indictment against a gang that ferries drugs along California's border with Mexico.

The man was the international liaison for the Baja California state attorney general's office, was among defendants named in the federal racketeering complaint that alleges murder, kidnapping and other crimes. A bail hearing has been set for early August for some of the defendants. San Diego bail bondsmen will be called upon to post bail bonds if the judge grants the defendants bail.

Federal, state and local authorities cooperated in the cross border sweep. Mexican authorities say that over 23,000 have been murdered this past year due to drug cartel activities.

The raids in Tijuana netting thousands of roungs of ammunition and large amounts of marijuana, meth and cocaine. The arrestees included both Mexican and American citizens soe living in the U. S.