A jailed drug kingpin has alleged that a prominent political figure and a high-ranking member of the military collaborated with the powerful Juárez cocaine cartel. Albino Quintero Meraz, once in charge of cocaine trafficking in the Gulf of Mexico region, said the state of Veracruz’s former secretary of Public Security, Alejandro Montano, covered up drug trafficking activities in the state from 1999-2002, according to an article by a Mexico City newspaper. Full Story