Mexico's World Cup star is accused of helping a drug lord
by Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times
Jun 15, 2018
3 minutes
MEXICO CITY - At a recent World Cup warm-up match at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Mexico's national soccer team was missing one of its biggest stars: Rafael Marquez, the team's captain and a legendary defender.
Marquez, a four-time World Cup veteran, was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department last year for allegedly aiding a powerful Mexican drug trafficker. His bank accounts were frozen in the U.S. and Mexico and he was placed on
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