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| | Dr. Dobb's | Legal Tools for the New Journalists | March 12, 2002 |
 | | He also claimed that the Banamex leader was destroying historic Mayan archeological sites to clear land for his illegal enterprises, using Mexican beaches to dump waste from cocaine processing, and bribing journalists and public officials to keep his criminal operations quiet and free from government interference. |
 | | Banamex took the allegations, which it contends are completely false, seriouslyso seriously, in fact, that it filed a libel action against the publisher of the allegations in a New York state court. |
 | | On a motion to dismiss, the state court ruled that Banamex had failed to plead the requisite elements of a libel lawsuit against the person who had written "The Banamex Story." In drafting its lawsuit, Banamex apparently believed that it was simply going up against some kind of nut. |
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