Mexico: Mayor of Tourist City of Tequila Arrested for Alleged Corruption

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Querétaro, Qro., The governor of Jalisco, Pablo Lemus (MC), celebrated the arrest of Tequila's dark-haired edil, Diego Rivera; he noted that the important thing now is to guarantee governance and security in that town hall.

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Mayor of Tequila arrested on suspicion of racketeering against large distilleries of the same name alcoholic beverage

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Diego Rivera Navarro, municipal president of Tequila, Jalisco, and three public servants were arrested by federal authorities, reported this Thursday, February 5 Omar García Harfuch, Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection.According to official information, the detainees are allegedly involved in extortion acts denounced by the citizenry. Along with Rivera Navarro they also arrested the director of Public Security, Juan Manuel Pérez; the di…

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MEXICO CITY (AP) — The mayor of the tourist town of Tequila, west of Mexico, and three other officials of that unit were arrested on Thursday for alleged acts of corruption within the framework of the national plan that activated the government to fight extortion, one of the crimes

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Diego Rivera Navarro, the municipal president of Tequila, Jalisco, has been arrested early this Thursday by federal authorities as part of the Operativo Enjambre. Morena’s edil is accused of leading a corruption network within the City Hall, in which public servants extorted entrepreneurs and brewers’ and tequilera traders from the region, such as the José Cuervo factory. Authorities also suspect that the group diverts public money from the muni…

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Mexico City.- Omar García Harfuch, head of the Ministry of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC), reported that Diego Rivera Navarro, Mayor of Tequila, Jalisco, as well as 3 officials of that municipality, was arrested. According to the publication, the arrest was a coordinated operation of the Sedena, La Semar, FGR and SSPC. "Following Operation Enjambre, where three municipal presidents of the State of Mexico were arrested, and derived from s…