Tape of Official Getting Funds Raises Questions
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A television station showed a tape of Rene Bejarano, leader of the Democratic Revolution Party in Mexico City’s legislature, accepting a briefcase full of dollars. Bejarano told TV news personality Brozo, who dresses as a clown, that the money was a donation for the candidacy of a city borough leader.
Electoral authorities said there was no record of the gift, and the candidate said she would sue for defamation.
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