MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican judge on Wednesday ordered the release of a retired army general accused of aiding a drug cartel after federal prosecutors dropped the organized crime charges against him, citing a lack of evidence.

Retired Gen. Tomas Angeles Dauahare has been held in the Altiplano maximum security prison near Mexico City since last year, when he arrested and accused of links to the Beltran Leyva cartel.

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