California IN BRIEF : LOS ANGELES : Drug Agent Death Figure Rearrested

Ruben Zuno Arce, a prominent Mexican businessman facing federal perjury charges in a case related to the slaying of a U.S. drug agent, has been arrested in Los Angeles on new charges in a sealed indictment, authorities said Sunday. The federal indictment containing the new charges against Zuno, 52, is expected to be unsealed today when he is brought before a U.S. magistrate in Los Angeles federal court, Drug Enforcement Administration spokesman Ralph Lochridge said. Zuno was arrested Saturday at Los Angeles International Airport by members of the DEA’s Operation Leyenda, which was created in 1985 to investigate the torture slayings that year of DEA Agent Enrique Camarena and his pilot in Mexico. Lochridge said Zuno had flown to Los Angeles to help prepare his defense for the perjury trial set to begin Dec. 17 before U.S. District Judge Robert M. Takasugi. Zuno’s lawyer could not be reached for comment.