He is wanted not just in Mexico, but in 190 countries across the globe: The Mexican government has asked Interpol to arrest former PRI governor of Tamaulipas (1999-2005), Tomás Yarrington Ruvalcaba, for his alleged involvement with the Gulf Cartel in the state.
No one has seen the fugitive governor since a Mexican judge yesterday issued the arrest warrant. Don't expect him to appear in person voluntarily to answer the charges. What I find even more interesting is if - or when - another likely next arrest warrant for another ex-PRI governor will be issued: Yarrington's successor, Eugenio Hernández Flores.
Source:
“Firme, indagatoria contra Yarrington”. El Universal, Aug. 30, 2012
Mexico judge orders arrest of ex-Governor Yarrington. BBC News, Aug. 29, 2012
Showing posts with label Tamaulipas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tamaulipas. Show all posts
Friday, August 31, 2012
Thursday, June 21, 2012
PRI ex-governor Eugenio Hernández Flores next?
Look's like we might be in for another "October Surprise": Following the criminal money-laundering cases against former governor Tomás Yarrington of Tamaulipas in the United States and parallel investigations in Mexico - has anyone seen Yarrington, by the way? - there has been much speculation that his successor, Eugenio Hernández Flores, might be next.
Now, El Universal reports that Hernández has filed an injunction against having his property seized.
Will Calderón launch a high-profile raid against the former PRI governor? Hernández clearly thinks he has reasons for filing his amparo.
Stay tuned for a late-June "surprise" ahead of Mexico's July 1 election.
Now, El Universal reports that Hernández has filed an injunction against having his property seized.
Will Calderón launch a high-profile raid against the former PRI governor? Hernández clearly thinks he has reasons for filing his amparo.
Stay tuned for a late-June "surprise" ahead of Mexico's July 1 election.
Source:
Ex gobernador de Tamaulipas busca amparo. El Universal, June 21, 2012.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Tamaulipas, another PRI-led state run into the ditch
Tamaulipas recently "celebrated" the first 100 days of government of Egidio Torre Cantú, who became the PRI candidate following the murder of his brother Rodolfo.
According to detractors of the government, there is little to celebrate: Apparently, the government cannot present one single achievement to boast of, and is even struggling to pay its employees back pay, some back to January
The blame cannot exactly be put on the shoulders of Torre Cantú alone. According to the state's secretary of finance, Alfredo González Fernández, the previous government of Eugenio Hernández Flores, also of PRI, left the state with a debt of at least 14 billion pesos (!), while reportedly cashing in on lucrative building contracts awarded to Tohesa, a company of which Hernández Flores is a partner.
Yet while its politicians line their pockets, Tamaulipas is teetering on being a "failed state," following the decades of misrule by the PRI.
According to detractors of the government, there is little to celebrate: Apparently, the government cannot present one single achievement to boast of, and is even struggling to pay its employees back pay, some back to January
The blame cannot exactly be put on the shoulders of Torre Cantú alone. According to the state's secretary of finance, Alfredo González Fernández, the previous government of Eugenio Hernández Flores, also of PRI, left the state with a debt of at least 14 billion pesos (!), while reportedly cashing in on lucrative building contracts awarded to Tohesa, a company of which Hernández Flores is a partner.
Yet while its politicians line their pockets, Tamaulipas is teetering on being a "failed state," following the decades of misrule by the PRI.
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Even ambulances are politics: Egidio Torre, brother of murdered candidate Rodolfo, assumes as governor:
Egidio Torre Cantú, who took over as PRI candidate for governor in Tamaulipas when his brother Rodolfo Torre Cantú was murdered, also assumed as governor today - a whopping six months after the election.
During his election campaign, before his murder, Rodolfo had promised to provide a range of new ambulances to various municipalities in Tamaulipas, and Egidio made this a key event of his assumption, displaying on huge screens a caravan of 42 brand new units.
New ambulances - all well and good, to be sure, but did the actual ambulances really have to be painted in the far from subtle PRI colors?
In Mexico, I was early bemused over how one can quite easily tell the political party in power in each state due to the design of car license plates, who almost invariably are designed in the colors of the respective parties holding power. But really, did Egidio Torre Cantú really need to politicize even ambulances?
During his election campaign, before his murder, Rodolfo had promised to provide a range of new ambulances to various municipalities in Tamaulipas, and Egidio made this a key event of his assumption, displaying on huge screens a caravan of 42 brand new units.
New ambulances - all well and good, to be sure, but did the actual ambulances really have to be painted in the far from subtle PRI colors?
In Mexico, I was early bemused over how one can quite easily tell the political party in power in each state due to the design of car license plates, who almost invariably are designed in the colors of the respective parties holding power. But really, did Egidio Torre Cantú really need to politicize even ambulances?
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