Fugitive Mexican Ex-Governor, Wanted in U.S., Is Captured in Italy<br />By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO and ELISABETH MALKINAPRIL 10, 2017<br />ROME — The former governor of a drug-ravaged Mexican state — who had been on the run since 2012 from both American<br />and Mexican justice on charges of money laundering and racketeering — has been captured in Italy, officials announced on Monday.<br />The American warrant for Mr. Yarrington cited charges of racketeering, international drug trafficking, money laundering, bank fraud, tax evasion<br />and fraud, according to a police statement issued on Monday.<br />An Italian judge will decide whether to validate Mr. Yarrington’s arrest, and Mr. Rinella said<br />that both the United States and Mexico had asked for his extradition.<br />The arrest was confirmed by the office of Mexico’s attorney general, which said it expected Mr. Yarrington to be returned to Mexico.<br />During the six years that the former governor, Tomás Yarrington Ruvalcaba, ran the state of Tamaulipas, the Gulf Cartel<br />and its brutal armed enforcement wing, the Zetas, established their hold over the state.<br />Mr. Yarrington was wanted on two arrest warrants, one issued by Mexico, the other by the United States.
