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Prosecutors Urged To Protect Texas-Based Norteno Singer
Prosecutors in Mexico are being urged to protect a Texas-based singer who was detained at a drug cartel’s Christmas party.
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MEXICO CITY (December 21, 2009)--Mexico's National Human Rights Commission is urging prosecutors to protect a Texas-based norteno singer who was detained at a Christmas party put on by a reputed drug cartel.
In a statement Sunday, the commission said it acted after authorities received worried phone calls from Ramon Ayala's wife and lawyer expressing concern over his detention during a military raid on the party on Dec. 11.
Ayala's lawyer said the singer and his band didn't know suspected drug runners had hired them.
The party was supposedly thrown by the Beltran Leyva cartel, whose leader, Arturo Beltran Leyva, was killed in a shootout with marines five days later.
No formal charges have been filed against Ayala, who’s a Mexican accordionist who lives in Hidalgo, Texas.
