US says Mexican judge arrested in Colombia over $2 million bribe to free accused Canadian drug trafficker
MEXICO CITY, Nov 5 - The US Justice Department said on Thursday that a Mexican judge was arrested on charges of taking a $2 million bribe to free alleged Canadian drug trafficker Andrew Clark, second-in-command to Canadian former Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding, who is charged in a US cocaine trafficking and murder case.
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[Claude] Report 2 gives more detail on the same arrest and bribery charges against the Mexican judge in the drug trafficking case, with no conflicting facts.
1h agoAlso reported by finchannel.com, kdhnews.com (found in GDELT's list of news articles)
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