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January 16, 2019

Colombian Drug Lord Says Former Mexican President Took $100M Bribe
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Former Mexican President Enrique Peņa Nieto accepted a $100 million
bribe from drug traffickers. That's according to a witness who testified
Tuesday at the trial of the notorious Mexican drug lord known as "El
Chapo" in New York City. The allegation came as a former associate of El
Chapo, the Colombian drug lord Alex Cifuentes Villa, took the witness
stand in a federal district court in Brooklyn. Peņa Nieto has not
responded to the claim but has previously denied charges of corruption.


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