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Those who believe that Ochoa's public humiliation was part of a politically inspired housecleaning were handed some potent ammunition last week: the firing of Cuba's Interior Minister, General Jose Abrantes, for the "great deficiency" of failing to uncover Ochoa's drug operation. It is possible that there are more firings to come. But an editorial signed by Castro stated that Abrantes was taking an inevitable rap for the corruption that transpired on his watch. In recent months the Interior Ministry has fallen into disfavor for not halting a sharp rise in crime and official corruption...
SENIOR EDITORS: Charles P. Alexander, Martha Duffy, Jose M. Ferrer III, Russ Hoyle, James Kelly, Stephen Koepp, Johanna McGeary, Christopher Porterfield, George Russell, Thomas A. Sancton, William E. Smith, Claudia Wallis, Jack E. White, Robert T. Zintl...
...there no end to the dark doings of Jose Antonio Zorrilla Perez? Last month the former head of the powerful Federal Security Directorate was arrested in Mexico as a suspect in the 1984 assassination of journalist Manuel Buendia. Now a U.S. grand jury is investigating allegations that Zorrilla was also involved in the death of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent Enrique Camarena Salazar in 1985. According to DEA informants, Zorrilla knew in advance of Camarena's kidnaping. One source added that Camarena's interrogator was in direct contact with Zorrilla. If proved, the allegations would support the theory that Camarena...
SENIOR EDITORS: Charles P. Alexander, Martha Duffy, Jose M. Ferrer III, Russ Hoyle, James Kelly, Stephen Koepp, Johanna McGeary, Christopher Porterfield, George Russell, Thomas A. Sancton, William E. Smith, Claudia Wallis, Jack E. White, Robert T. Zintl...
Five years ago, when Manuel Buendia, Mexico's most influential political columnist, was gunned down, Jose Antonio Zorrilla Perez was on the scene within minutes. As head of the Federal Security Directorate (DFS), Zorrilla was Mexico's top cop, but his quick arrival seemed suspicious, since his agency did not have jurisdiction in the case. That did not stop DFS operatives from raiding Buendia's office anyway...