ICE deports former Mexico governor serving federal prison sentence in Illinois

A erstwhile politician and statesmanlike campaigner successful Mexico serving a federal situation sentence in nan US for money laundering was deported by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) this week.

Tomas Jesus Yarrington Ruvalcaba, 68, was removed by ICE connected Wednesday and turned complete to Mexican authorities, whom he was wanted by, nan agency announced connected Friday.

Yarrington was the governor of Tamaulipas, Mexico, from 1999 to 2005, and ran arsenic a statesmanlike campaigner for Mexico’s Institutional Revolutionary Party successful 2005.

Before he was transferred to ICE custody past summer, he was serving a 108-month condemnation successful nan Federal Correctional Institution Thomson successful Illinois aft he pleaded blameworthy to conspiracy to perpetrate money laundering successful 2021.

Yarrington was moved from nan Illinois situation to continue migration hearings, and connected Feb. 27, a judge pinch nan Department of Justice’s Executive Office for Immigration Review ordered his removal.

The ex-politician waived his correct to appeal.

Mexican authorities were awaiting his presence astatine nan San Ysidro Port of Entry successful California to return him into custody for charges he is facing there, which see organized crime and transactions pinch illegally obtained resources.

Court documents showed that he accepted bribes from individuals and backstage companies successful Mexico during his clip arsenic politician of Tamaulipas to do business pinch nan state, ICE said.

He utilized nan bribery money to acquisition properties successful nan United States, but utilized nominee buyers successful an effort to hide his involvement.

“Yarrington laundered his illegally obtained bribe money successful nan United States by purchasing beachfront condominiums, ample estates, commercialized developments, airplanes and luxury vehicles,” ICE said.

Yarrington was caught traveling successful Italy in April 2017 nether an assumed sanction and clone passport.

He was taken into custody location connected a provisional apprehension warrant pursuing a May 2013 indictment for various money laundering and drug-related charges.

Italian authorities yet authorized his extradition to nan US, which he fought, and he arrived successful nan states successful April 2018.