Article: MEXICAN LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATING QUINTANA ROO GOVERNOR FOR ALLEGED TIES TO DRUG TRAFFICKERS.

Mexican drug-enforcement authorities are investigating Quintana Roo Gov. Mario Villanueva Madrid for alleged connections to drug traffickers. In early December, Attorney General Jorge Madrazo Cuellar said the government's drug-enforcement agency (Fiscalia Especializada para la Atencion de los Delitos contra la Salud, FEADS) has focused its investigation on reports that Villanueva has provided protection for drug traffickers to operate freely in Quintana Roo in exchange for bribes. Reports of Villanueva's alleged link to drug traffickers surfaced with news that the Procuraduria General de la Republica (PGR) had seized 33 properties in the resort of Cancun from alleged ...

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