Mexico moves to strip Tamaulipas governor's immunity for alleged organized crime links [View all]

[Judi Lynn]

FEBRUARY 23, 202110:17 PM UPDATED 7 HOURS AGO
By Reuters Staff
2 MIN READ

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico’s attorney general’s office has asked lawmakers to strip the governor of the violent northern state of Tamaulipas of his immunity, alleging probable cause for money laundering and ties to organized crime, a ruling party leader said on Tuesday.

Ignacio Mier, the majority leader of Mexico’s lower house of Congress, wrote on Twitter on Tuesday that lawmakers received the request for Francisco Garcia Cabeza de Vaca’s immunity to be removed, posting a copy of a letter along with his tweet.

Federal sources confirmed the authenticity of the letter to Reuters.

Tamaulipas is widely considered one of the most lawless areas of Mexico, where the line between the authorities and organized crime sometimes blurs. This month, officials arrested a dozen elite Tamaulipas state officers for alleged involvement in a massacre that left 19 people, mostly migrants, dead, with many of the bodies badly charred.

Two of the state’s previous three governors are now under arrest.

More:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-crime/mexico-moves-to-strip-tamaulipas-governors-immunity-for-alleged-organized-crime-links-idUSKBN2AO0D9

Might want to swerve around Tamaulipas when driving south!







Back up! Wrong way.