Terrorism
Former Mexican Drug Czar Got $450K to Keep Traffickers Informed, Authorities Say
Posted Nov 21, 2008, 11:44 am CST
By Martha Neil
In a continuing shakeup in high-echelon Mexican law enforcement, a former drug czar has been accused of being paid $450,000 by drug traffickers, in exchange for providing them with information about police operations.
"Noe Ramirez (Mandujano) is the highest law enforcement official detained yet as part of Mexico's sweeping effort to weeding out authorities who allegedly shared police information with violent drug smugglers," reports the Associated Press.
Details of the charges against Ramirez, who formerly was in charge of anti-organized crime efforts at the Mexican attorney general's office, were provided by Attorney General Eduardo Medina Mora in a news conference today in Mexico City, Bloomberg reports.
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