Noé Ramírez Mandujano

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Noé Ramírez Mandujano
Occupation Ex-head of SIEDO

Noé Ramírez Mandujano served as the anti-recreational drug chief of Mexico's Subprocuraduría de Investigación Especializada en Delincuencia Organizada (SIEDO, English: Specialized Investigation of Organized Crime) from 2006 to August 2008. [1] In late 2008 authorities accused him of taking $450,000 per month United States dollars in bribes to tip off drug traffickers. [2] [3]

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