Cali Mayor Arrested; Ex-Official Sentenced

Cali Mayor Mauricio Guzman Cuevas was arrested on charges he accepted $200,000 from a company fronting for the drug cartel that long dominated his city. Guzman, 42, a member of the Liberal Party, has denied wrongdoing. A judge in Cali also sentenced Manuel Francisco Becerra, a former comptroller, education minister and governor with the Liberal Party, to six years in prison for taking at least $300,000 from the Cali cartel to finance the 1994 congressional campaigns of political allies. Becerra has been in jail for nearly two years awaiting sentencing. His lawyer said Becerra will appeal.