A former Mexican governor has been extradited from the United States today, where he was detained for about two years on charges of embezzlement and involvement in a criminal organization, Mexican authorities said.
Cesar Duarte, who ruled Chihuahua from 2010 to 2016, was arrested in 2020 by US law enforcement in Miami.
Duarte is accused of being involved in a ring that, between 2011 and 2014, embezzled state funds totaling 96 million pesos (about $ 6.5 million).
The extradition of the former governor was “the result of close cooperation” between Mexico and the United States, authorities said, on the day of the imposition of sanctions by the US Treasury Department against six Mexicans accused of participating in a cartel.
The governor of Chihuahua, Marou Campos, said in a Twitter post that he was “celebrating” the decision, stressing that he was not going to forgive or forget what his predecessors had done.
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