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Ex-Mexican defense minister arrested in US: FM
MEXICO CITY, Oct 16, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Former Mexican defense minister
Salvador Cienfuegos has been arrested in the United States on unknown
charges, Mexico’s Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said Thursday.
Ebrard said on Twitter that he had been informed by US ambassador to
Mexico, Christopher Landau, that Cienfuegos, who was defense chief from 2012-
2018, had been detained at Los Angeles airport.
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