Nicaragua draws Mexico’s ire with drug accusations

Forbes, 11/14/2010

Recriminations from a border dispute between Nicaragua and Costa Rica rippled throughout the region Sunday as Mexico hotly denied Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega’s suggestion that drug-trafficking interests were behind a regional vote on the issue that didn’t go his way.

The Mexican Foreign Relations Department said in a statement that it sent a diplomatic letter of protest to Nicaragua over what it calls “unfounded and unjustified accusations.”

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