Advertisement | Mexico: Former Drug Czar Took Cartel MoneyHead Official Allegedly Accepted Almost Half-Million Dollars To Tip Off Drug SmugglersMEXICO CITY, Nov. 21, 2008  Mexican federal police recover bundles of drugs from a tunnel used by smugglers at the U.S.-Mexico border in Tijuana, in this 2006 file photo. (CBS) 
(AP) Officials say Mexico's former drug czar took $450,000 to leak information to a powerful cartel. Noe Ramirez is the highest law enforcement official detained yet as part of Mexico's sweeping effort to weeding out authorities who allegedly shared police information with violent drug smugglers. Attorney General Eduardo Medina Mora told reporters Friday that Ramirez accepted $450,000 from drug traffickers, and that cartel leaders offered to pay him monthly for alerting them to planned police operations. Ramirez was named to the post in 2006 when Calderon took office. He resigned in a department shakeup in July. With his detention, five top officials and two federal agents have been detained so far this year for alleged drug ties. © MMVIII The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. | Advertisement  Israel, Hamas, Palestinians Agree To TalksEgypt's U.N. Ambassador Says "Representatives From All Sides" In Gaza Conflict Will Meet In Cairo Thursday |
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