NO NEW TRIAL FOR DEA AGENT KILLER

LOS ANGELES - The Associated Press via NewsEdge Corporation : A man
convicted in the 1985 torture-murder of a U.S. drug agent was denied a
request for a new trial.

Ruben Zuno Arce, brother-in-law of former Mexican President Luis
Echeverria, sought a new trial on grounds that a government witness
recanted testimony.

Judge Edward Rafeedie denied Zuno's motion in a ruling released
Wednesday. The judge said the witness, Hector Cervantes Santos, has
since changed his story three times and that his new statements were
obtained under dubious circumstances.

Enrique Camarena, a 37-year-old U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
agent, was kidnapped Feb. 7, 1985, in Guadalajara, Mexico, and brought
to a drug lord's home where he was tortured, beaten and killed.

The investigation produced multiple defendants and several
trials.

Zuno's conviction in a 1990 trial in Los Angeles was overturned. He
was convicted again in 1992 and sentenced to life imprisonment on two
kidnapping charges and 10 years each on two racketeering charges.

Checked-by: Patrick Henry