Ex-governor Tamaulipas Tomas Yarrington Nabbed in Italy
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MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexican prosecutors say that a former governor of the border state of Tamaulipas has been detained in Italy.
The attorney general's office said Sunday that ex-Gov. Tomas Yarrington is accused in Mexico of money laundering and organized crime. He is also wanted in the United States for allegedly receiving millions of dollars in bribes from the Gulf cartel during his 1999 to 2004 term.
The office said it expects Yarrington will be returned to Mexico soon.
Yarrington's lawyers have in the past denied the charges against him.
During his tenure, drug gangs rose to dominate the state. His Institutional Revolutionary Party expelled him from its ranks late last year.
Local media reports said Yarrington was detained in Florence, Italy.
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In 2012, Yarrington was charged for engaging in acts of illegal drug importation and distribution, money laundering, bank fraud and structuring of currency transactions in the South Texas and Mexico.
According to court documents, Yarrington hired an alleged conspirator to buy a condominium located at the 300 block of Padre Blvd. in South Padre Island in 1998.
Yarrington bought the condo for $450,000 and maintained it for 14 years.
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