News (Media Awareness Project) - Mexico: Lawyer Tied to Traffickers is Killed |
Title: | Mexico: Lawyer Tied to Traffickers is Killed |
Published On: | 2002-03-13 |
Source: | New York Times (NY) |
Fetched On: | 2008-01-24 17:54:38 |
MEXICO: LAWYER TIED TO TRAFFICKERS IS KILLED
A lawyer linked to the drug traffickers Benjamin and Ramon Arellano
Felix has been found shot to death in what may be the start of a turf
war resulting from Benjamin's arrest last weekend, the police said.
Rodolfo Carrillo Barragan, 59, was found late Monday in a stairwell
of his apartment building in Tijuana. He had been shot in the head.
Mexican authorities arrested Benjamin Arellano Felix on Saturday in a
raid on a house in Puebla, south of Mexico City. He acknowledged that
his brother Ramon, the gang's enforcer, was killed in a shootout on
Feb. 10. (Reuters)
A lawyer linked to the drug traffickers Benjamin and Ramon Arellano
Felix has been found shot to death in what may be the start of a turf
war resulting from Benjamin's arrest last weekend, the police said.
Rodolfo Carrillo Barragan, 59, was found late Monday in a stairwell
of his apartment building in Tijuana. He had been shot in the head.
Mexican authorities arrested Benjamin Arellano Felix on Saturday in a
raid on a house in Puebla, south of Mexico City. He acknowledged that
his brother Ramon, the gang's enforcer, was killed in a shootout on
Feb. 10. (Reuters)
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