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Mexican Ex-prosecutor Handed Two Decades In Prison In Drug Case

A US court on Thursday sentenced a former Mexican state attorney general to 20 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to participating in an international drug trafficking ring.Edgar Veytia, a dual citizen of the United States and Mexico, was arrested in March 2017 on suspicion of involvement in the production and trafficking of illegal drugs including heroin and cocaine into the United States starting in January 2013.
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Robel Wolde extensively restored a beat-up 1967 Volkswagen Beetle that he bought from a friend for 50,000 Ethiopian birr (about 1,540 euros, $1,700)

In Ethiopia, Busted VW Beetles 'Pimped Out' For Hip Youth

When Robel Wolde bought a beat-up 1967 Volkswagen Beetle from a friend for 50,000 Ethiopian birr (about 1,540 euros, $1,700), it marked the start of an extensive restoration he'd plotted for years.The 25-year-old Ethiopian painter quickly went to work.He installed new grey leather seats, applied black stripes and decals along the orange-and-blue exterior and hired a metalworker to fit oversized headlights to the front bumper.

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