A federal judge from Miami, Florida, United States, determined to extradite the former governor of the state of Chihuahua to Mexico (2010 – 2016), César Duarte , since there are clear indications that he diverted public funds in your benefit.
In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Relations of Mexico reported that the United States Government notified it that it granted Mexico the extradition of Duarte; this after Judge Lauren Fleischer Louis certified that he is subject to extradition .
“There is probable cause to believe that César ‘N’ committed the crimes charged in the extradition complaint ”, established the judge.
The judge’s order is given almost 10 months after announcing that it would analyze the evidence presented by the prosecution and the defense, to establish whether was extraditable.
César Duarte, detained since July 2020 in Miami and who faces charges of “embezzlement and conspiracy to commit a crime”, had a final hearing on 26 of January, in which the US judge was “satisfied” with the arguments in favor of his extradition.
However, Judge Lauren Fleischer Louis did not give a resolution on his case.
Then, at the beginning of February, a federal judge in Mexico rejected the p etition Duarte, who presented an amparo against the arrest and extradition orders that kept him detained in Miami , United States for corruption.
The former governor of the Chihuahua border was arrested in the United States in July 2020 , after escaping from justice since in October 2019 a Mexican judge issued an arrest warrant against him.
The Mexican authorities discovered irregularities “Significant” in the subsidy and loan programs for livestock producers and in an alleged purchase of real estate for the state.
According to the demand, from June 2011 to November 2014 Chihuahua transferred more than 6.4 million dollars to two companies in which “Duarte was the majority shareholder” .
Duarte was one of the most relevant politicians in the once hegemonic Parti do Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) during the training renewal stage promoted by former Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto (2012 – 2018).
With information from Efe.
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