1995 REPORT LINKS CARTELS, POLITICIANS

MEXICO CITY- Mexican military intelligence in 1995 uncovered links
between cocaine cartels and leading politicians, including state
governors and the son of a former president, according to a report
Sunday.

Respected newsmagazine Milenio published excerpts from what it said
was a classified 69-page military intelligence document detailing a
web of ties between drug lords and officials of Mexico's ruling
Institutional Revolutionary Party.

A spokesman for the PRI said the party was not in a position to defend
individual politicians from accusations of wrongdoing.
But he stressed that the report did not offer proof of the
allegations.

A spokesman at the Ministry of Defense said he could neither confirm
nor deny that the report came from the armed forces.

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