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TIJUANA, Mexico — A federal judge dismissed weapons charges against Tijuana’s former mayor Tuesday, dealing a stinging setback to President Felipe Calderon’s battle against organized crime and fueling claims that a predawn military raid on the former mayor’s compound was an attempt to damage his party ahead of Mexico’s presidential elections.
But Jorge Hank Rhon did not go free as he left the federal prison. State officials immediately took him into custody, and he is being held without charges while investigators seek evidence for a murder charge, said Heriberto Garcia, the Baja California state human-rights ombudsman.
