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Former Mexican Defence Minister Detained in US

Secretary of Defense Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda arrives for a review of the troops that will participate in the Independence Day parade, in Mexico City, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016.

Former Mexican Defence Minister Detained in US, Foreign Minister Says

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MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) – Former Mexican Defence Minister Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda has been detained at the airport of the US city of Los Angeles, Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said.

The ex-defence minister was detained at the request of the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), a spokesperson for the DEA confirmed later.

"US Ambassador Christopher Landau told me that former Defense Minister Gen Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda had been detained at the airport of Los Angeles, the state of California", Ebrard wrote on his Twitter page on late Thursday.

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