Editor's Note: The Associated Press incorrectly reported on Monday, December 14th that Ramon Ayala had been released. VALLEYCENTRAL.COM regrets any confusion this may have caused.
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- The attorney for a Latin Grammy winner rounded up during a raid on a Mexican drug cartel's Christmas party last week says his client is being held on suspicion of organized crime ties.
Lawyer Adolfo Vega Elizondo says Ramon Ayala, a norteno singer based in Hidalgo, Texas, could face charges of organized crime and money laundering.
Mexican authorities had said earlier this week that Ayala was released for lack of evidence.
Vega denied the singer or his band, Los Bravos del Norte, had any ties to drug gangs.
He says they were hired to play at the party in a wealthy community south of Mexico City and didn't know their clients were suspected members of the Beltran Leyva cartel.
Vega says Ayala, a Mexican accordionist and singer, has been detained in federal police headquarters in Mexico City since the raid Friday.
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