US EditionMexican ex-governor expected to face charges for money laundering
César Duarte is charged with laundering nearly $6.5 million diverted from Chihuahua state funds during his 2010-2016 governorship, Mexican authorities said.
- On Dec 8, Cesar Duarte, former governor of Chihuahua, was arrested in Mexico City on alleged money laundering, Mexico's Attorney General's Office said.
- Duarte had been held in the United States before extradition years ago, spending nearly two years in U.S. custody after his detention in Miami, Florida, before returning to Mexican legal proceedings.
- Prosecutors accuse Cesar Duarte, former governor of Chihuahua, of helping divert more than 96 million pesos from the government between 2011 and 2014.
- His lawyers say the detention appears unlawful as authorities confirm Cesar Duarte's identity and prepare his transfer to a maximum-security prison in the State of Mexico.
- Amid recent procedural approvals, Mexican authorities moved to arrest Cesar Duarte, former governor of Chihuahua, after approval that came last week to pursue alleged money laundering charges, Mexico's Attorney General's Office said.
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Former Governor César Duarte had already been arrested in Miami in 2020 and extradited to Mexico in 2022
César Duarte's re-arrest; FGR accuses him of money laundering
The former official was arrested on Monday, December 8, in the state of Chihuahua
Just five days after his appointment to the Senate, Ernestina Godoy was ‘chambear’. On Monday, December 8, the Attorney General’s Office (FGR) reported the arrest of César Duarte, ex-Governor of Chihuahua, who had obtained his parole in June 2024. The prosecution indicated that the arrest was due to a federal arrest warrant issued for the crime of operations with resources of illicit origin. According to the statement of the FGR, shared by Ernes…
The Straits Times
BizTocFormer Mexico governor arrested for alleged money laundering
MEXICO CITY, Dec 8 - Cesar Duarte, the former governor of the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua, was arrested on Monday over alleged money laundering, the nation's attorney general's office said in a statement. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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