deputy attorney general

TIJUANA, Mexico — Wild-animal collector, gambling tycoon and eccentric former mayor Jorge Hank Rhon has faced unproven allegations of criminal activity throughout his career in the border city famed as a base for drug traffickers.

Now a raid on his home has turned up an arsenal of illegal weapons, prosecutors said Wednesday, and they are setting out to finally make charges stick to a man with deep roots in Mexico’s elite who has long been considered untouchable.

Lawyer James Cole is in line to serve as the deputy attorney general, but an op-ed on the Sept. 11 attacks and his role monitoring bookkeeping for insurance giant AIG could spur Republican opposition to his confirmation.

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Many of us are already regard the Bush administration as a bad, distant memory, but today we’re reminded of just how morally bankrupt they were.