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Mexico charges ex-prosecutor with treason over US drug raid

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Mexican authorities charged former prosecutor César Jáuregui Moreno with treason, accusing him of allowing US agents to take part in a raid on a suspected drug lab in April. The case marks a rarely used charge in Mexico, brought over cooperation with US drug enforcement operations on Mexican soil.

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