Former Mexico gov guilty of drug charges From: miamiherald.com
Tagged: attorney, Mexico, prisonPosted on: June 9th, 2008
A Mexican court sentenced a former state governor to 36 years in prison Wednesday for fomenting drug trafficking, overturning an earlier ruling that had imposed six years on lesser charges, his defense attorney said.
Mario Villanueva, who was governor of the Caribbean state of Quintana Roo from 1993 to 1996, is also fighting extradition to the United States on charges he helped traffickers ship drugs to the U.S. market.”*
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