Mexico charges ex-prosecutor with treason over US role in drug raid

Mexico has charged former Chihuahua Attorney General Cesar Jauregui with treason for allowing US agents to join an antidrug operation without federal approval.

• Federal prosecutors accused Jauregui of permitting US agents to carry out activities reserved for Mexican authorities and of failing to share information.
• The case stems from an April 19 crash in Chihuahua that killed two US agents, reported to be CIA officers, and two Mexican law enforcement officials.
• Jauregui denied the allegations, saying he neither instructed nor consented to US involvement in the operation.
• A judge ordered Jauregui held in pretrial detention ahead of a court hearing scheduled for Saturday.