Alfredo Araujo Avila, a US citizen, was arrested in Tijuana, Mexico, on January 26. Mexican officials, who had been seeking him since 1998, described Araujo Avila as "one of the most dangerous hit men of the Arrelano Felix" drug empire.
Cardinal Posadas, who was Archbishop of Guadalajara, was gunned down during a confusing series of events at the city’s airport in May of 1993. Although some have held the cardinal was caught in the middle of a gunfight between two drug trafficking gangs, there are many clues that indicate it was a planned assassination. For example, investigators questioned why the gunmen were allowed to board a flight in Guadalajara, cross the country, and drive away without a challenge.
After an initial inquiry that raised more questions than it answered, Mexican authorities finally charged 13 drug traffickers with involvement in the assassination, and they were convicted in 2004. But in 2006 a Mexican court nullified the convictions and ordered a new investigation of the crime.
Last year Cardinal Juan Sandoval Iniquez, the current Archbishop of Guadalajara, told the Catholic News Agency that he knew the identity of his predecessor's assassin. "We already know who… and why," he told CNA. Cardinal Sandoval said that corrupt politicians had worked with drug traffickers to thwart the investigation; he added that Church officials were working with government leaders to bring the killers to justice.
2008/01/28
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