...in Mexico

MEXICO CITY Mexican federal agents reportedly are investigating a tip that a group of businessmen in Mexico is raising funds for Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon.

The Mexico City newspaper El Universal cites what it calls a leaked report from the organized-crime division of the federal Attorney General's office. The daily reports the probe began three months ago after the United States asked Mexico to investigate the alleged cell.

The newspaper reports the U-S State Department and F-B-I are cooperating with Mexican agents in the probe.

Mexican President Vicente Fox's spokesman told reporters today that he was aware of the newspaper report. But spokesman Ruben Aguilar says he had no knowledge of the investigation.

Officials at the U-S Embassy in Mexico City declined to comment on the issue until they had further information.


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