Traffickers bribed Mexico's anti-drug chief, officials say

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Nov. 21, 2008

Noe Ramirez Mandujano, a prosecutor who resigned as head of the SIEDO organized-crime unit in July, is arrested on suspicion of passing intelligence to Sinaloa drug gangsters. In a spiraling probe into corruption at the top levels of Mexican law enforcement, authorities said Friday that the...

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