Assets Seized
The fortune, found by the police on March 15, 2007 at his residence at Lomas de Chapultepec in Mexico City included the following:
- 207 million U.S. dollars
- 18 million Mexican pesos
- 200,000 euros
- 113,000 Hong Kong dollars
- 11 centenarios (Mexican gold bullion coins made of 1.20565 oz t (37.5 g) of pure gold)
- A great amount of jewels, of unknown value
Confiscated along with the money were also:
- Two Mexican-style dwellings of approximately 20 million pesos
- 1 lab in construction of unknown value
- 7 vehicles
Nine persons were arrested, four of them of Asian origin.
Two Mexican Federal agents who were involved in the arrests at the Zhenli Ye Gon mansion were found dead in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero, as reported on August 2, 2007.
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