Nicaragua Asks Mexico to Investigate Fake TV Vans Involved in Cash Smuggling Case Associated Press
go to original September 26, 2012

This photograph published in The Nicaragua Dispatch has apparently led to new revelations in case of the 18 phony Mexican journalists busted in Nicaragua last month with $9.2 million in alleged drug money hidden in six vans painted with Televisa’s logo. The front license plate pictured above was checked against Mexico City's registry of motor vehicles and matched to a van registered to Televisa. (GRAPHOS Producciones/Nicaragua Dispatch)
 
MANAGUA, Nicaragua - Nicaraguan prosecutors are asking Mexico to investigate whether vans used to smuggle $9.2 million in cash into Nicaragua really belonged to a Mexican television network.

Mexico's Televisa network says the alleged leader of a band of 18 Mexicans detained in Nicaragua registered the six vans illegally in the company's name using false documents.

But assistant Nicaraguan prosecutor Ana Julia Guido said Tuesday the case is still not clear, and asked Mexican authorities to investigate.

Televisa says the gang's leader didn't work for the company, and used an expired power-of-attorney document to register the vans, which bore the network's logo.

The 18 Mexicans entered Nicaragua posing as members of a Televisa news crew. They allegedly carried money from Mexican drug traffickers through Central America to pay for a drug shipment.

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