Former Mexican governor extradited from Italy to U.S. - source

 

FILE PHOTO: Tomas Yarrington poses after a news conference in Mexico City, Mexico May 23, 2005. REUTERS/Daniel Aguilar/File Photo

 

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A former Mexican governor accused of having ties to Mexican drug cartels has been extradited to the United States from Italy, a Mexican security source said on Friday.

 

Tomas Yarrington, who governed the state of Tamaulipas from 1999 to 2005 for the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), was arrested last year by Italian police and remained in a jail in Florence pending an extradition request from a federal judge in Texas.

 

Yarrington has been accused by U.S. and Mexican prosecutors of accepting millions of dollars in bribes from criminal organizations in Mexico. He is also accused of extortion and money laundering. If convicted, he could face up to two life sentences in the United States and up to 20 years in prison in Mexico.

 

A lawyer for Yarrington was not immediately available to comment.

 

Last week, the Italian government declined to extradite Yarrington to Mexico, Italian media reported, without giving a reason.

 

The PRI, the party of Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, has been engulfed by various corruption scandals that have sent four of its former governors to prison.

 

Corruption is one of the top issues heading into Mexico's presidential election in July.

 

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-04-21

I wander if he wants to sell that Italian suit he is wearing and any others before he starts wearing stripes.

 

Italy extraditing a (former) Mexican governor to the US is ridiculous.

Extradite him to Mexico and let the Mexicans decide.

Edited April 21, 20188 yr by BuaBS

5 hours ago, BuaBS said:

Italy extraditing a (former) Mexican governor to the US is ridiculous.

Extradite him to Mexico and let the Mexicans decide.

Another of your gratuitous anti-US posts.   If the Mexican gov't wanted him, they could have requested extradition and fought his extradition to the US.   They did not fight it.   Does that tell you anything?

 

It's a good idea to keep in mind the current conditions in Mexico and the extreme influence the cartels have in the country.

 

19 minutes ago, Credo said:

Another of your gratuitous anti-US posts.   If the Mexican gov't wanted him, they could have requested extradition and fought his extradition to the US.   They did not fight it.   Does that tell you anything?

 

It's a good idea to keep in mind the current conditions in Mexico and the extreme influence the cartels have in the country.

 

 

You should have read the OP before getting on your high horse defending the policeman of the world.

 

 

12 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Last week, the Italian government declined to extradite Yarrington to Mexico, Italian media reported, without giving a reason.

 

41 minutes ago, janclaes47 said:

 

You should have read the OP before getting on your high horse defending the policeman of the world.

 

 

 

"Corruption is one of the top issues heading into Mexico's presidential election in July. "

 

That is probably the reason why Italy did not extradite the politician to Mexico.

Edited April 21, 20188 yr by MunkyBoogar

4 hours ago, janclaes47 said:

 

You should have read the OP before getting on your high horse defending the policeman of the world.

 

 

 

I've read a lot more about it than just the OP.