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- <text id=89TT1653>
- <title>
- June 26, 1989: World Notes:Mexico
- </title>
- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
- June 26, 1989 Kevin Costner:The New American Hero
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- WORLD, Page 46
- World Notes
- MEXICO
- The Cop and The Newsman
- </hdr><body>
- <p> Five years ago, when Manuel Buendia, Mexico's most influential
- political columnist, was gunned down, Jose Antonio Zorrilla Perez
- was on the scene within minutes. As head of the Federal Security
- Directorate (DFS), Zorrilla was Mexico's top cop, but his quick
- arrival seemed suspicious, since his agency did not have
- jurisdiction in the case. That did not stop DFS operatives from
- raiding Buendia's office anyway.
- </p>
- <p> It was rumored that Buendia was killed because he was writing
- another story linking officials to corruption. Last week Mexican
- authorities named Zorrilla as the "presumed intellectual author"
- of the assassination.
- </p>
- <p> Zorrilla, who quit as DFS chief in 1985, was arrested, and is
- expected to be charged with murder. Solving the crime would be a
- breakthrough for President Carlos Salinas de Gortari, who is
- refurbishing his image by going after people thought to be
- untouchable.
- </p>
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- </body></article>
- </text>
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