MEXICO: KEY DRUG LAUNDERER ARRESTED

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexican authorities have arrested a businessman
suspected of laundering millions of dollars for the Arellano Felix drug
cartel, officials said Wednesday.

Amado Cruz Anguiano was ordered held for trial Tuesday night by a Mexico
City judge, according to the attorney general's office.

Cruz was arrested Saturday night at a restaurant in the border city of
Tijuana, where he was watching a televised boxing match, according to the
Mexico City newspaper La Jornada.

Cruz is accused of working for the Arellano Felix brothers for more than 10
years. He allegedly was under the direct command of Manuel Aguirre, who is
in charge of buying and selling cocaine for the Arellano Felix cartel, La
Jornada said.

Cruz owns the restaurant Carlos Steak in Tijuana, a ranch in Tecate and used
to own the Tijuana newspaper Al Dia.