In Tale of Millionaire Drug Suspect, Mexicans Judge Government Guilty

“The newspapers fly off the stands at Juan Pérezs kiosk on bustling Avenida Juarez — especially those splashed with headlines about the riches of Zhenli Ye Gon, an importer accused of drug trafficking in a case Mexican and U.S. authorities have hailed as a blow to the methamphetamine trade.

But to Perez, who has hawked news on this street for 60 years, the true defendant is the Mexican government.

“Tons! Tons of drugs passed through the ports. Who gave the permits?” asked Perez, a spry 75, jabbing his finger into the warm midafternoon air as taxis whizzed by his stand. “In all this, the government is guilty.”"

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