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A former governor and presidential candidate in Mexico serving a federal prison sentence In the United States, he deported immigration and customs implementation (ICE) this week.
Thomas Jesus Yarrington Ruvalcaba, 68, the ice was removed on Wednesday and handed over to the Mexican authorities, which he sought, announced the Agency on Friday.
Yarrington was Governor of Tamaulipas, Mexico, From 1999 to 2005, he ran as the presidential candidate for the Institutional Revolutionary Party of Mexico in 2005.
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Thomas Jesus Yarrington Ruvalcaba, a 68-year-old former Governor of Tamaulipas in Mexico, served a federal prison sentence at Illinois for charges for money laundering. (FBI archive)
Before he was transferred to ice custody last summer, he served a 108 -month sentence in the federal repair of Thomson in Illinois, after admitting guilty of conspiracy to do money laundering 2021.
Yarrington was transferred from prison to Illinois in Continue hearing in immigration, and February 27, the judge of the Executive Office of the Ministry of Justice for Immigration ordered its removal. The former politician renounced the right to appeal.
Mexican authorities were waiting for his arrival at the Port of San Ysidro entry into California to bring him in custody for the charges he confronted there, including organized crime and transactions with illegally obtained resources.
American immigration and customs execution overturned convicted criminal Thomas Jesus Yarrington Ruvalcab, former Governor Tamaulipas in Mexico, the Mexican authorities on Wednesday at the San Ysidro port on Wednesday. (Carlos Moreno/Nurphoto via Getty Images)
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Court documents have shown that he has accepted the bribe of individuals and private companies in Mexico during his governor Tamaulipas to operate with the state, Ice said. He used the bribe money to buy real estate in the United States, but used customers nominated in an attempt to hide his involvement.
“Yarrington was operating illegally obtained in the United States by buying a beach condominium, large estates, commercial development, planes and luxury vehicles,” Ice said.
Yarrington served a 108 -month sentence in the Federal Repair institution Thomson in Illinois, after admitting guilty of conspiracy to do money laundering 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, file)
Yarrington was caught Traveling in Italy In April 2017, under the assumed name and false passport. There he was accepted by a temporary arrest warrant after an indictment of various money and drug charges.
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The Italian authorities eventually approved their extradition of the United States, with which he fought, and the state arrived in April 2018.
