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Weekly Report - 28 February 2013 (WR-13-08)
MEXICO: The sudden downfall of power broker Gordillo
One of the most influential figures in Mexican politics over the past quarter-century, Elba Esther Gordillo, boss of the powerful teachers’ union, once secretary-general of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) and later instrumental in the PRI’s downfall, has been arrested on charges of having embezzled enormous sums of money and organised crime.
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