Mexico arrests sports official for alleged corruption
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Mexican prosecutors have arrested a top official of the nation's athletics federation for allegedly embezzling about 4.8 million pesos (almost $250,000).
Suspects in Mexico now are often not identified by name upon their arrest. But a federal official who is not authorized to be identified said the man was Antonio Lozano.
Lozano is listed at the president of the Mexican Federation of Athletics Sports Associations.
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The Attorney General's Office said Monday it arrested him based on a complaint filed by the National Sports Commission.
Lozano was arrested at the Mexico City airport after he arrived on a flight from the northern border city of Mexicali.
The sports commission has been dogged by accusations of malfeasance, but it has in turned blamed individual sports federations.