1.   The congressman was accused of a breach of secrecy rules.

2.   And, as his aides have in the past, he accused Repuclican congressmen of investigating his campaign in hopes of bankrupting the Democratic Party.

3.   He denied he had anything to do with it, and his office accused the congressman of being biased.

4.   Ms. Wilde campaigned on a law-and-order platform, accusing the congressman of being soft on crime and lax on efforts to change the welfare system.

5.   The boisterous nine-term congressman was accused of running his office as a racketeering enterprise.

6.   The most serious erupted last August when he accused congressmen of being corrupt.

7.   But a pro-Chavez legislator questioned the story, accusing the congressman of smearing himself with egg in a stunt to disrupt the proceedings.

8.   Cardinal Juan Sandoval of Guadalajara recently urged people to protest price increases and accused congressmen of being out of touch with the people.

9.   Authorities have accused former congressman Manuel Munoz of masterminding the killing, along with Raul Salinas, brother of PRI then-president Carlos Salinas.