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MEXICO CITY (AP) - A Mexican wanted on drug trafficking charges in the United States received more than $2,000 in government aid to subsidize his cattle business, according to the Mexican Agricultural Department's Web site.
The department gave Vicente Zambada Niebla some $2,200 in 2004 to breed 80 head of cattle in the Pacific coast ranching state of Sinaloa, according to a list of aid recipients posted on the Web site.
The news was first reported by the Milenio newspaper on Friday. Responding to the report, Agriculture Secretary Alberto Cardenas acknowledged such cases "taint" the department and said that in the future, officials will cross-check the recipients of agricultural subsidies with the attorney general's office.
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