Pubdate: Tue, 01 Feb 2000
Source: San Luis Obispo County Tribune (CA)
Copyright: 2000 The Tribune
Contact:  P.O. Box 112, San Luis Obispo, CA 93406-0112
Fax: 805.781.7905
Website: http://www.thetribunenews.com/

NEWSPAPER OWNER SENTENCED TO PRISON

MEXICO CITY - A Mexican court convicted businessman and former newspaper
owner Amado Cruz Anguiano Monday of laundering millions of dollars for the
Arellano Felix drug cartel, and sentenced him to 4 1/2 years in prison.

Cruz was accused of overseeing the financial operations of the
Tijuana-based Arellano Felix cocaine cartel.

His conviction marks one of the first against a leading member of that
group, whose leaders - the Aurellano Felix brothers - remain at large
despite warrants for their arrest, the government news agency Notimex
reported.
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