Mexican judge arrested over alleged $2 million bribe in Ryan Wedding case
Briefing by News4U · First published
A Mexican judge has been arrested on allegations he accepted about $2 million to free a man accused of acting as second-in-command to Ryan Wedding, US officials said Thursday. The US Justice Department said Luis Benitez Alcantara used his post to secure bail for Canadian Andrew Clark and that Benitez Alcantara, 49, was arrested Sunday in Colombia on a nine-count federal indictment that could bring up to 15 years per count if convicted. Attorney General Todd Blanche said crooked officials who help drug traffickers will face US justice. Officials allege Clark arranged the bribe while facing extradition, the judge ordered his release in February of last year the same day he allegedly received the money, and Clark was rearrested days later and taken to the United States. [1]
Sources
- CBC World: about $2 million in exchange for ordering his release
CBC World · · Excerpt