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To: SEC-ond-chance who wrote (14275)	1/4/2005 10:04:01 AM
From: StockDung	Respond to of 19428

Why I am shocked. lol

To: SEC-ond-chance who wrote (14275)	1/4/2005 10:07:41 AM
From: StockDung	Respond to of 19428

Why I am shocked. lol

To: SEC-ond-chance who wrote (14275)	1/4/2005 11:09:29 AM
From: StockDung	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 19428

Traffic backed up for miles today. You will not believe why. lol funnies.com

To: SEC-ond-chance who wrote (14275)	1/9/2005 10:40:20 PM
From: SEC-ond-chance	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 19428

Mexico City, July 18 1996(Bloomberg) -- Mexican police arrested Ernesto Rafael Malda Maza, a former top executive at the failed Banco Union SA, on fraud charges, officials said in a statement. Malda Maza is accused of helping Carlos Cabal Peniche, the fugitive former chairman of Banco Union, steal $53.7 million from the company through illegal loans to ``phantom' companies, the Attorney General's office said. He was arrested before dawn at one of his homes in Cuernavaca, a city about 60 miles south of the capital. In September 1994, Mexican officials seized Banco Union and Cabal Peniche's Banca Cremi SA and issued a warrant for Cabal Peniche's arrest on charges he embezzled as much as $700 million from the two companies. While Cabal Peniche is still at large and believed to be hiding somewhere in Europe, several of his former associates have been arrested and jailed. Rafael Javier Armas Arroyo, Banco Union's former top legal adviser, was arrested in Madrid last September. The Mexican government is trying to extradite him to stand trial, officials said. Alfredo Castaneda Breton, the bank's former director of special projects, and Mauricio Madero O'Brien, another partner of Cabal Peniche, are both awaiting trial in Mexican jails. Meanwhile, the government is also dismantling Cabal Peniche's financial empire. Cabal Peniche, who used to run Coral Gables, Florida-based Fresh Del Monte Produce NV, saw the government sell the company to Chile's IAT group for $530 million in June. In addition, Spain's Banco Bilbao Vizcaya signed a letter of intent to buy Banca Cremi's assets and branch network from the Mexican government. BBV, which took control of Grupo Financiero Probursa SA last year, plans to use Cremi's branches to expand its share of Mexico's retail banking market, officials said. The Mexican government is also trying to sell Banco Union to private investors. --Tim Loughran in Mexico City (52-5) 514-3042, or through the New York newsroom (212) 318-2300/ ag