Pubdate: Fri, 15 Nov 2002
Source: Los Angeles Times (CA)
Copyright: 2002 Los Angeles Times
Contact:  http://www.latimes.com/
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DRUG FIGURE CLEARED IN 1993 SLAYING OF CARDINAL

Mexican drug lord has been cleared in the 1993 slaying of a Roman Catholic 
cardinal, a federal judge said.

Judge Humberto Venancio Pineda upheld the ruling of a previous court, which 
threw out charges that Benjamin Arellano Felix ordered the killing of 
Cardinal Juan Jesus Posadas Ocampo due to lack of evidence.

Posadas Ocampo was killed in May 1993 at Guadalajara's airport. 
Investigators concluded that a gang of drug traffickers confused his luxury 
car with that of a rival they were trying to ambush.
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