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Mexico president takes aim at predecessor after U.S. court convicts drug czar

FILE PHOTO: Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks on the third anniversary of his government in Mexico City, Mexico December 1, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Romero

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Wednesday that one of his predecessors, Felipe Calderon, should explain whether he knew a former top law enforcement official took bribes from the infamous Sinaloa Cartel.

On Tuesday, a U.S. court convicted a former security official, Genaro Garcia Luna, on charges that he took bribes in exchange for protection from arrest, safe passage for drug shipments and tip-offs about law enforcement operations.

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