Police in Mexico say they have arrested the fugitive mayor of the town of Iguala, where 43 students went missing in September.
Jose Luis Abarca was detained by federal police officers in the capital, Mexico City, a police spokesman said.
Mexican officials have accused Mr Abarca of ordering police to confront the students on the day of their disappearance on 26 September.
Eyewitnesses described seeing them being bundled into police cars.
Federal police spokesman Jose Ramon Salinas confirmed the arrest of Mr Abarca and his wife Maria de los Angeles Pined on Twitter.
Mexican officials had issued an arrest warrant for Mr Abarca and Ms Pineda after Iguala police officers said they had received an order from the mayor to intercept the students.
The officers said they had been told to stop the students from interrupting a speech given by Ms Pineda in Iguala on that day.
The students, from a nearby teacher training college, had travelled to Iguala to raise funds and protest.
They have not been seen since. A search has uncovered a series of mass graves in the area, but initial tests suggested they were not those of the students.
Since then, more bodies have been uncovered and officials have cast doubt on the accuracy of the initial tests.
More forensic tests are currently being carried out.
Mr Abarca and Ms Pineda were arrested in a flat in Mexico City, media reports said.
They have been taken for questioning. Officials hope they will be able to shed light on the whereabouts of the students.
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