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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Mexico - 13 April 2017

MEXICO: Corrupt former governor caught abroad

The former governor of Tamaulipas state, Tomás Yarrington (1999-2004), wanted for corruption and organised crime charges in Mexico, has been arrested in Italy. Yarrington is the first of several wanted former Mexican governors to be arrested abroad. This may help deflect some of the criticisms that the Mexican authorities have faced in recent years for their failure to prosecute officials accused of corruption despite the professed commitment by the government led by President Enrique Peña Nieto to root it out. Yarrington’s arrest also raises questions about how zealously the Mexican authorities have pursued corrupt politicians – particularly members of the ruling Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI).

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