Members of Mexico’s Criminal Investigation Agency of the
Attorney General's Office have arrested Naim Libien Tella - owner of the newspaper Diario Amanecer, and vice president of
the newspaper unomásuno - for tax
fraud.
Last year the US Treasury Department named Libien Tella as
having business connections with Los Cuinis, which is believed to be the
financial wing of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (known by its Spanish acronym,
“CJNG”). As a result of these concerns, all US assets and interests of Libien
Tella were frozen, and US citizens were prohibited from engaging in any
business activities with him or his companies, including the newspaper Diario Amanecer and his air taxi company Aerolíneas Amanecer.
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There is a lot of history to this story, and more than meets
the eye. In 2007, Abigael González Valencia, a leader of Los Cuinis, granted power of attorney to Libien Tella to
allow him to control his investment company Valgo Grupo de Inversión.
