Mexican Navy Denies Arellano-Felix Connection
Paper Claims Navy Helped Beat U.S. Drug Enforcement
POSTED: 2:14 p.m. PDT May 20, 2002
UPDATED: 2:22 p.m. PDT May 20, 2002
SAN DIEGO -- Mexico's navy is denying allegations that its officers accepted bribes to help protect drug shipments along the Pacific Coast.
The Reforma newspaper of Mexico City said police documents show the Arellano-Felix drug organization paid navy officers to provide information about the positions of U.S. anti-narcotics patrols in the Pacific.
The navy, however, claims that it has never had such information.
The Tijuana-based Arellano-Felix group has been weakened in recent months by the death of one of its top leaders and the arrest of another. The organization is said to control most of the cocaine shipments entering the western United States.
Previous Stories:
- April 18, 2002: Drug Airstrips Discovered Near Tijuana
- April 15, 2002: Dozens Freed After Tecate Police Bust
- April 11, 2002: Arelleno-Felix Cartel May Be Coming Apart
- April 11, 2002: Tecate Police Academy Raided, 120 Arrested
- April 5, 2002: Drug Tunnel Sealed By Concrete
- February 22, 2002: Paper: Ramon Arellano-Felix Dead
- May 7, 2001: Suspected Tijuana Drug Kingpin Arraigned
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