"Everything seemed to be in order. Mexico's Attorney General's Office (FGR) had seized a ton of cocaine in the state of Guerrero. As required by law, the drugs were to be incinerated. However, a group of officials sneakily replaced the cocaine with powdered milk and that's what went up in flames. The scheme was uncovered, prompting the dismissal of a dozen officials, including the agency's comptroller, Arturo Serrano Meneses, the one ultimately in charge of giving the go-ahead for this type of operation."
"According to sources from the FGR consulted by EL PAIS, the defendants face charges of corruption and serious omissions regarding the verification of seized assets and the incineration of narcotics. Of the whereabouts of the cocaine spared incineration, little is known. Among the dismissed officials is Sergio Taboada, the brother of Santiago Taboada, former mayor of Benito Juarez a central neighborhood of Mexico City"
The Attorney General's Office seized a ton of cocaine in Guerrero that was scheduled for incineration. A group of officials replaced the cocaine with powdered milk, and the milk was incinerated while the cocaine was spared. About a dozen officials, including comptroller Arturo Serrano Meneses, were dismissed and face charges of corruption and serious omissions in verifying seized assets and overseeing narcotics incineration. One dismissed official is Sergio Taboada, brother of Santiago Taboada, generating partisan accusations that an internal network may keep and sell seized drugs. Serrano was removed from the Internal Control Unit by federal security agents and forced to resign.
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