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. - --- MAP posted-by: Jo-D