Mexican union leader to stand trial

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A judge on Monday ordered Mexico’s most powerful union leader to stand trial on charges of embezzling 2 billion pesos (about $160 million) from the teachers’ union she led for almost a quarter-century.

The decision means Judge Alejandro Caballero Vertiz found that prosecutors presented sufficient evidence to try union leader Elba Esther Gordillo and three alleged assistants who purportedly channeled union funds into private bank accounts.