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arresieaBy JOHN RICE Associated Press WriterMEXICO CITY - The government said Friday it arrested the nephew of the leader of one of Mexico’s largest drug rings, which critics have claimed is connected to senior political figures.Deputy Attorney General Mario Ruiz Massieu held a news conference to announce the arrest of Antonio Abrego Perez on drug trafficking charges. His uncle, Juan Garcia Abrego, has been identified as chief of the Gulf cartel.Ruiz Massieu said the nephew’s arrest brought Mexican police a step closer to breaking up the ring headed by Garcia Abrego, which allegedly ships narcotics from Colombia along Mexico’s east coast to the United States.The announcement of Abrego Perez’s arrest comes amid controversy over claims that ranking government officials were linked to the cartel.A journalist and former adviser to the attorney general's office, Eduardo Valle Espinosa, charged last month in Washington, D.C., that Communications Secretary Emilio Gamboa Patron and other officials had ties to the Gulf cartel.Gamboa and all others named have denied the charges.On Thursday, the attorney general’s office said Valle had failed to produce evidence to support his claims.Valle complained that the officials had not had time to analyze the material he presented to the Mexican consulate in Washington on Aug. 25. He promised to publish the material soon.The attorney general’s office said Abrego Perez’ arrest was “made possible” by federal judicial police in the Narvarte neighborhood of Mexico City.It noted that in recent months it has also arrested several of Garcia Abrego’s lieutenants, including Raul Valladares del Angel and Carlos Resendez Bor-toloussi, “financial brains of the criminal organization.”The weekly magazine Proceso reported this week that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency had carried out an intensive search for Garcia Abrego, tapping phone calls in Mexico in the search for the drug boss.
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Sat, Sep 03, 1994
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