The World - News from July 1, 1985
Mexico announced 27 arrests in what the nation’s attorney general said was a drug-trafficking network reaching into the United States. Among those held was Jaime Herrera Herrera, identified as the son of one of Mexico’s major drug traffickers, and Hector Quintanilla Gonzalez, former regional coordinator for the government’s anti-drug campaign. The government said the network had operations in several Mexican states, producing marijuana and opium for sale, and also received cocaine from Colombia.
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