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Tijuana councilman's bail is set at $300,000 in money-laundering case

Union-Tribune staff

Bail was set at $300,000 Tuesday for a Tijuana City Council member who is facing money-laundering charges in San Diego.

Superior Court Judge David J. Danielsen rejected the prosecution’s $5-million bail request for Luis Torres Santillan, which described him as a flight risk.

The councilman’s attorney argued that Torres had never been arrested before, held U.S. and Mexican citizenship and was married to a teacher working in Chula Vista.

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According to court documents, proceeds from illegal activity were being smuggled from Mexico into the United States, deposited into banks and then wired back to Mexico.

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