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Mexican
Unit
Conducting
Inquiry
into
Disappearances
Found
to
be
Infiltrated
by
Drug
Traffickers
2/6/98
An investigation being conducted by the Mexican government into the
disappearances of over 90 people, including some Americans, in and around
Ciudad Juarez, was reportedly infiltrated and compromised by at least one
police officer with ties to drug traffickers. Ciudad Juarez is a known
crossroads for the multi-billion dollar drug trade which flows through
Mexico. The discovery was made by the Mexican Attorney General's office
during an investigation into the execution-style murder of the alleged
corrupt officer, federal police commander Hector Mario Valera.
The investigative unit itself was formed in response to pressure from
people whose loved ones were among the missing. The Association for Relatives
of the Disappeared complained that the original investigations were chaotic
or corrupt, according to the New York Times.
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Issue #28, 2/6/98
Attention All Students: Plug in, Stand up, Speak out!! DRCNet invites you to join U-NET | Alert: Call to Action -- Johnnie Mae Brown | California Correspondent Needed for The Week Online | 200 March in Protest of Surveillance Cameras in Washington Square Park | A Conversation with Norman Siegel, Executive Director of the New York Civil Liberties Union | Enormous Drug-Corruption Scandal Rocks Scotland Yard | Canadian Activists Vow Massive Civil Disobedience: Will open numerous medical marijuana outlets | Mexican Unit Conducting Inquiry into Disappearances Found to be Infiltrated by Drug Traffickers | Editorial: Surveillance, Corruption, and the War on Drugs
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