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Ariz., Mexico may soon share financial records

The Arizona Daily Sun

PHOENIX -- Arizona prosecutors may soon be able to get financial information directly from Mexican officials that courts have so far ruled they cannot legally get here.

Francisco Figueroa, director of the Department of Public Safety for Sonora, said Wednesday that he agrees with efforts by Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard to track the transfer of money by wire into Mexico. Some of those funds are believed to be directly linked to payment for smuggling humans and drugs.

Figueroa said Sonora has limited authority over financial records. But he said Gov. Eduardo Bours is working to secure the cooperation of Mexican federal officials -- who do have that right -- to share information with U.S. officials.

Posted by Editor at July 30, 2007 07:59 AM

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