Deputy Attorney General Mario Ruiz Massieu charged that ruling party President Ignacio Pichardo Pagaza and its new secretary-general, Maria de los Angeles Moreno, "were more concerned with trying to defend the criminals than trying to solve the case of their (slain) secretary-general."
He offered little evidence to back up the charge, but stated he was convinced the Sept. 28 murder of PRI secretary-general Jose Francisco Ruiz Massieu was engineered by key members of the ruling party.
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