MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday his government supported a decision by his attorney general not to charge ex-Defense Minister General Salvador Cienfuegos, despite U.S. accusations he collaborated with drug traffickers.
Cienfuegos, a member of former President Enrique Peña Nieto’s government, was arrested in October at Los Angeles international airport and accused by U.S. prosecutors of collaborating with a powerful Mexican drug cartel.
(Reporting by Laura Gottesdiener)
