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Post Official: Former Tijuana mayor arrested over guns (AP)

AP - A Mexican official says that former Tijuana Mayor Jorge Hank Rhon has been arrested on suspicion of illegal weapons possession.

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Old 06-04-11, 10:41 AM   #2
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Post Flamboyant ex-mayor arrested with arsenal in Mexico (Reuters)

Reuters - Mexican gambling tycoon Jorge Hank Rhon, an eccentric former mayor of Tijuana who collected exotic animals, was arrested on Saturday after the army found a large weapons cache in his home.

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Old 06-04-11, 05:31 PM   #3
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Post Former Tijuana mayor held over alleged gun cache (AP)

Reuters - Mexican gambling tycoon Jorge Hank Rhon, an eccentric former mayor of Tijuana who collects exotic animals, was arrested on Saturday after the army found a large weapons cache in his home.




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Post Former Tijuana mayor held over alleged gun cache (AP)

AP - Soldiers raided the home of former Tijuana Mayor Jorge Hank Rhon, one of Mexico's most flamboyant businessmen and politicians, and detained him on suspicion of illegal weapons possession Saturday.




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Old 06-04-11, 07:27 PM   #5
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Default Re: Former Tijuana mayor held over alleged gun cache (AP)

It will be interesting to see how much money talks.
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Default Re: Former Tijuana mayor held over alleged gun cache (AP)

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Hank Gonzalez died in 2001. He started his career as a school teacher and died a billionaire after a life in public service
Some pubic service.
Old 06-05-11, 02:09 PM   #7
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Some pubic service.
His most infamous public statement:

"A politician who is poor is a poor politician."
Old 06-05-11, 04:15 PM   #8
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Default Re: Official: Former Tijuana mayor arrested over guns (AP)

Let's not eliminate the political party process from the equation.

Gonzales played the system well. Rhon learned from aside his father's kee.
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Default Re: Official: Former Tijuana mayor arrested over guns (AP)

Lots more coming across the news today, indicating a strong possibility that the order for the raid came from Los Pinos in Mexico City via a Mexicali request and not an anonymous tip from a citizen. I am no JHR fan but at the same time I would hate to see the PAN party stooping down to dirty politics in an attempt to sway the elections next year.

That would go down very badly in the eyes of much of the voting public withjout strong party ties and would probably guarantee a strong turnout in favor of PRI.

I don't think this will turn out to be a case of the end justifying the means...
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