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Mexican judge accused of accepting bribes in drug case linked to former Olympian Ryan Wedding
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By Associated Press (CNN) — A Mexican judge is accused of taking a $2 million bribe in exchange for releasing a suspected Canadian drug trafficker from custody in an investigation into a billion-dollar drug trafficking ring, U.S. officials said Thursday.
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Luis Benítez Alcántara, 49, allegedly accepted $2 million in exchange for granting bond to a man who authorities say was second in command to FBI Ten Most Wanted fugitive Ryan Wedding.
US agents arrested a Mexican judge on charges he accepted a $2 million bribe to free an alleged Canadian drug trafficker accused of working for the network led by former Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding.
A Mexican judge was arrested in Colombia and faces U.S. charges alleging he accepted a $2 million bribe to release Andrew Clark, an alleged lieutenant in Ryan Wedding’s cocaine-trafficking organization.
A Mexican judge has been arrested in Colombia on federal charges accusing him of accepting a $2 million bribe to release a high-ranking transnational drug trafficker from custody. Luis Benítez Alcántara faces nine counts of being an accessory after the fact for allegedly aiding the criminal syndicat…
A Mexican judge has been arrested and accused of accepting $2 million in bribes in exchange for releasing a suspected Canadian drug trafficker from custody, U.S. officials said Thursday. Luiz Benítez Alcántara was overseeing extradition proceedings in Mexico in 2024 for Canadian citizen Andrew Clark…
A Mexican judge is accused of accepting a $2 million bribe in exchange for releasing a suspected Canadian drug trafficker from custody. U.S. officials announced Thursday that Luiz Benítez Alcántara was arrested Sunday in Colombia.
A Homeland Security Task Force tracked the judge down to Colombia, where authorities arrested him after he took a $2 million bribe in Mexico to let a Canadian drug boss go free from custody.
The judge oversaw extradition proceedings in Mexico for a Canadian citizen allegedly helping Ryan Wedding A Mexican judge has been arrested and accused of accepting $2m in bribes in exchange for releasing a suspected Canadian drug trafficker from custody, US officials said on Thursday.
By Associated Press (CNN) — A Mexican judge is accused of taking a $2 million bribe in exchange for releasing a suspected Canadian drug trafficker from custody in an investigation into a billion-dollar drug trafficking ring, U.S. officials said Thursday.
A district judge in Mexico has been arrested for allegedly accepting a $2 million payment to let the right-hand man of the ex-Olympic snowboarder turned alleged drug kingpin, Ryan Wedding, go free.
Mexican federal judge Luis Benítez Alcántara was detained in Colombia after U.S. prosecutors alleged he accepted $2 million before releasing extradition target Andrew Clark.
A Mexican judge is under arrest in Colombia on U.S. charges accusing him of taking a $2 million bribe in exchange for releasing a top Canadian drug lord.
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