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Mexico's ruling party ends probe involving president
July 19, 1996
Web posted at: 8:00 p.m. EDT (0000 GMT)MEXICO CITY (CNN) -- Mexico's ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party used its muscle to close down an investigation looking into President Ernesto Zedillo's involvement in a $7 million payment to a company owned by a government supporter.
The New York Times reported Friday that nine members of the party out-voted six opposition members to stop the congressional investigation. The probe began when one member of the commission charged that Zedillo, then a Cabinet official, made the 1989 payment possible.
Zedillo has denied any involvement.
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