Former Mexican governor Tomás Yarrington Ruvalcaba has been sentenced to nine years in prison for accepting over $3.5 million in illegal bribes that he used to fraudulently purchase property in the U.S., the U.S. Attorney's office announced.
Former Mexican governor Tomás Yarrington Ruvalcaba has been sentenced to nine years in prison for accepting over $3.5 million in illegal bribes that he used to fraudulently purchase property in the U.S., the U.S. Attorney's office announced in aA district judged sentenced Yarrington, the former governor of the Mexican state of Tamaulipas and a one-time candidate for president, to 108 months in prison. The 66-year-old, who is not a U.S.
Yarrington used front men to purchase property and luxury goods in the United States to hide Yarrington's ownership and the illegal bribery money used to purchase them. Among the things he bought were"beachfront condominiums, large estates, commercial developments, airplanes and luxury vehicles," prosecutors said.
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