High-Profile Corruption Cases Collapse in Mexico as Critics Point to Incompetence, Vendettas Associated Press
go to original April 24, 2013

Retired Mexican Army General Tomas Angeles Dauahare, center, is escorted by unidentified members of his legal team as he leaves the Altiplano maximum security prison in Almoloya de Juarez, Mexico, Thursday, April 18, 2013. Federal prosecutors have dropped organized crime charges against Dauahare, accused of aiding a drug cartel after determining that the witness testimony was not enough to sustain their case. He had been in prison since last year, charged with protecting members of the Beltran Leyva cartel. (Associated Press)

MEXICO CITY — In just one week, some of Mexico’s most high-profile corruption cases have unraveled on thin or made-up evidence, reinforcing long-held notions that the Attorney General’s Office is more focused on political vendettas or favors than justice.

Two of the cases against public servants, a former drug czar and a former No. 2 in the Defense Department accused of links to drug cartels, were thrown out within days last week. In one, the judge determined that witness testimonies were false, and the other case dissolved because prosecutors couldn’t find evidence to support the charges.

Many blamed the failed prosecutions on the administration of former President Felipe Calderon, which prepared the cases.

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