Mexican judge orders soccer star's bank accounts unfrozen

Mexico's soccer player Rafa Marquez addresses a news conference in Lima June 2, 2015. Mexico will meet Peru in a soccer friendly on June 3 in Lima, ahead of the Copa America tournament. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A judge in Mexico ordered on Thursday that bank accounts linked to businesses owned by soccer star Rafa Marquez be unfrozen, following a designation in August by the U.S. government that the sportsman was linked to a suspected drug trafficker.

Last month, the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned Marquez, who is one of Mexico's best known athletes, along with more than 20 other Mexican citizens for suspected financial links to accused drug kingpin Raul Flores Hernandez.