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Weekly Report - 20 April 2017 (WR-17-15)

MEXICO: Duarte captured in Guatemala

For around five minutes the portly man detained in a corridor near the lobby of the La Riviera hotel in the tourist resort of Lake Atitlán in Guatemala denied his identity, but eventually admitted “Yes, gentlemen, I am Javier Duarte”. Thus on 15 April ended five months on the run for the former governor of Mexico’s Veracruz state, who faces multiple charges of corruption and association with organised crime. As Mexico begins extradition proceedings, the political repercussions will continue to reverberate for some time yet.

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