ICE deports former Mexico governor serving federal prison sentence in Illinois

A erstwhile politician and statesmanlike campaigner successful Mexico serving a national situation condemnation successful the U.S. for wealth laundering was deported by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) this week.

Tomas Jesus Yarrington Ruvalcaba, 68, was removed by ICE connected Wednesday and turned implicit to Mexican authorities, whom helium was wanted by, the bureau announced connected Friday.

Yarrington was the politician of Tamaulipas, Mexico, from 1999 to 2005, and ran arsenic a statesmanlike campaigner for Mexico's Institutional Revolutionary Party successful 2005.

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Tomas Jesus Yarrington Ruvalcaba, the 68-year-old erstwhile politician of Tamaulipas, Mexico, was serving a national situation condemnation successful Illinois connected wealth laundering charges. (FBI Archives)

Before helium was transferred to ICE custody past summer, helium was serving a 108-month condemnation successful the Federal Correctional Institution Thomson successful Illinois aft helium pleaded blameworthy to conspiracy to perpetrate wealth laundering successful 2021.

Yarrington was moved from the Illinois situation to proceed migration hearings, and connected Feb. 27, a justice with the Department of Justice's Executive Office for Immigration Review ordered his removal. The ex-politician waived his close to appeal.

Mexican authorities were awaiting his accomplishment astatine the San Ysidro Port of Entry successful California to instrumentality him into custody for charges helium is facing there, which see organized transgression and transactions with illegally obtained resources.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement turned implicit convicted transgression Tomas Jesus Yarrington Ruvalcaba, erstwhile politician of Tamaulipas, Mexico, to Mexican authorities astatine the San Ysidro Port of Entry connected Wednesday. (Carlos Moreno/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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Court documents showed that helium accepted bribes from individuals and backstage companies successful Mexico during his clip arsenic politician of Tamaulipas to bash concern with the state, ICE said. He utilized the bribery wealth to acquisition properties successful the United States, but utilized nominee buyers successful an effort to fell his involvement.

"Yarrington laundered his illegally obtained bribe wealth successful the United States by purchasing beachfront condominiums, ample estates, commercialized developments, airplanes and luxury vehicles," ICE said.

Yarrington was serving a 108-month condemnation successful the Federal Correctional Institution Thomson successful Illinois aft helium pleaded blameworthy to conspiracy to perpetrate wealth laundering successful 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

Yarrington was caught traveling successful Italy successful April 2017 nether an assumed sanction and fake passport. He was taken into custody determination connected a provisional apprehension warrant pursuing a May 2013 indictment for assorted wealth laundering and drug-related charges.

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Italian authorities yet authorized his extradition to the U.S., which helium fought, and helium arrived successful the states successful April 2018.