Mexico church ‘funded by cartel’
Authorities investigate claims Catholic church receives cash from powerful drug gang.
Published On 18 Nov 2010
A Catholic church in Mexico is being investigated following allegations it received funds from a major drugs cartel.
Heriberto Lazcano, one of the leaders of the Zetas gang, is said to have laundered money via the chapel’s priest.
US authorities are offering a bounty of more than $7 million for Lazcano.
Al Jazeera’s Franc Contreras reports.
Source: Al Jazeera