Mexico lodges drug charges against 3 generals, 1 Lt. colonel
Mexico lodges drug charges against 3 generals, 1 Lt. colonel
By Associated Press, Updated: Tuesday, July 31, 7:53 PM
MEXICO CITY — Mexican prosecutors have formally lodged drug charges against four high-ranking army officers, including three generals and a lieutenant colonel.
The Attorney General’s Office says charges of “organized crime to foment drug trafficking” have been lodged against retired generals Tomas Angeles Dauahare, Roberto Dawe Gonzalez and Ricardo Escorcia.
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But charged in the same drug trafficking case was U.S.-born drug trafficker Edgar Valdes Villarreal, alias “La Barbie.”
The four were detained in May and had been held under a form of house arrest. They are the highest-ranking Mexican army officials arrested in at least 15 years.
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