The Nation : Drug Indictments Opened

Forty-four people, a bank and two companies were accused in federal indictments of being involved in drug and money-laundering rings possibly linked to the torture-slaying in Mexico of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent Enrique Camarena Salazar. Almost $34 million in drug-related assets have been seized in the case and more is being sought, Assistant U.S. Atty. Charles Lewis said. Indictments returned this week in San Antonio and unsealed Wednesday were the result of a two-year investigation by a Houston-based task force created in 1983. Twenty-six people were arrested Wednesday and more arrests were expected, Lewis said.