WORLD IN BRIEF : SWITZERLAND : Sister-in-Law of Carlos Salinas Freed

Swiss police freed the second of two prominent Mexican suspects from jail in a case of alleged drug-money laundering linked to former Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari. Prosecutors said there were no longer grounds to hold Paulina Castanon, Salinas’ sister-in-law, saying she had helped investigators and that it now appears she had only a subordinate role in the overall case. Castanon and her brother Antonio Castanon were arrested Nov. 15 in Geneva. Her brother was released Tuesday. In a statement after her release, Paulina Castanon denied that the two had tried to withdraw $83 million from a Swiss bank account in the name of Juan Gomez. Officials have said Gomez is a false name used by Raul Salinas de Gortari, Paulina’s husband and the elder brother of Carlos Salinas.