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Jorge Hank Rhon is a Mexican millionaire businessman, the owner of Mexico's largest and most important sports betting company, ''Caliente.'' and the President of the Municipality of Tijuana He is the son of former Mexico City Mayor Carlos Hank González . His family was linked to drug trafficking by the U.S. government raw intelligence " White Tiger Report", as well as a number of political corruption related charges in Mexico. However the American government later apologized for linking Jorge Hank Rhon and his family to drug trafficking, and conceded the accusations in the late 1990s. Mr. Hank currently crosses the border consistently into the United States displaying the links were lacking foundation. He unexpectedly won the Tijuana mayoral race of 2004, beating out PAN candidate Jorge Ramos and thus ending 12 years of PAN government in Tijuana. His charisma and high profile lifestyle; along with the support of the general population because of his generosity and charity assisted him in surmounting the political disadvantage He is also the owner of a large, private Zoo . In an interview about his collection during the 2004 mayoral race of 2004, he jokingly remarked that his favorite animal was the "woman". He later apologized for the remark as it was not taken positively, even though no insult was intended. A man of incredible generosity, Hank commonly holds great parties for the people, including Mother's Day, Children's Day, and Christmas events every year. Those who know him say that he is a very eccentric, fun-loving man with an enormous heart. The new public transportation system "TEXTI" bus route opened in late August , but lacked most of the new and modern system elements that were promised to resolve the growing public transportation mess in Tijuana. EXTERNAL LINKS
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