New Corruption Scandal After Veracruz State Governor Disappears, Avoids Arrest Mark Browne - CNSNews.com
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Former Mexico state governor missing amid corruption scandal (Al Jazeera English)

Mexico’s government has been hit with a new corruption scandal and criticism at home and abroad after the former governor of Veracruz resigned abruptly and disappeared days before a warrant was issued for his arrest on corruption and money laundering charges.

A spokesman for the attorney general’s office confirmed that a judge issued the arrest warrant for former governor Javier Duarte on Oct. 17.

Warrants were also issued for nine other individuals, two of whom have been detained, the spokesman said.

Duarte’s disappearance on Oct. 15 brings to four the number of former governors in Mexico reportedly trying to avoid domestic or international corruption charges.

Eugenio Hernández and Tomas Yarrington, both former governors of the state of Tamaulipas, have been indicted in the U.S. on money laundering charges, according to the Wall Street Journal.

The newspaper quoted sources as saying the two ex-governors are “living openly” in Mexico.

It also reported that Guillermo Padrés, the former governor of Sonora, is also on the lam avoiding corruption charges in Mexico.

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Related: Acting Governor Now Facing PRI’s Expulsion - His Links to the Duarte Administration a Concern for Party Officials (Mexico News Daily)

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