Ye Gon, but not forgotten

Back in 2007, when Zenli Ye Gon’s massive meth production lab (and 205 million dollars in cash) surfaced, the attempts by the United States to claim a share of the loot — and the disposition of the loot itself — raised more questions than answers.

Things took a turn for the very weird when Zenli was picked up in the United States on a relatively minor drug possession charge.  And, given that the Drug Enforcement Agency had to fess up to operating illegally in Mexico (as well as being laughed at for its ridiculous claim that because some Mexican prosecutors had received some training from the Drug Enforcement Agency, that the DEA was a legitimate claimant on the seized assets) there were serious problems with prosecuting the case in Mexico… not to mention the political fallout from Ye Gon´s claims that he was simply holding funds for PAN and the Calderón campaign.

It appeared as if everyone was doing everything possible to delay the case, or at least minimize the damage (not to mention the question of how a large scale industrialized meth lab was able to export to the United States with no problem) to both countries. At the very least, it was necessary to delay the whole messy situation until after the U.S. and Mexican elections.  Which now are in the past.

So… with the case against Ye Gon always having been dubious at best, and the prosecutor unable to bring a convincing case, the Mexican authorities are now saying that was the plan all along.  There is a stronger case against Ye Gon in Mexico (after all this is where the lab was located, and where the illegal pseudoephenidrine was imported), but with evidence being so tainted by the botched U.S. prosecution (deliberately?) even if Ye Gon is FINALLY extradited to Mexico, there´s no reason to hold your breath wating for the whole mess to be heard in open court.