| Prosecutors Drop Charges Against Generals Accused of Ties with Drug Cartel Lizbeth Diaz - Reuters | |
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MEXICO CITY - A Mexican federal judge on Thursday ordered the release of three generals and two other officers accused of collaborating with a drug cartel after investigators determined there was insufficient evidence against them.
The generals, Roberto Dawe, Ricardo Escorcia and Ruben Perez, were accused of working with the Beltran Leyva cartel, a violent gang that has smuggled tons of cocaine, heroine, crystal meth and marijuana across the U.S. border.
The three had been senior figures in former President Felipe Calderon's crackdown on organized crime, which pitted the Mexican armed forced against powerful cartels.
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