Ildefonso Ortiz / The Monitor
McALLEN — A fixed-wing, turbo propeller-engine airplane is the latest item seized in connection with an ongoing money laundering investigation that names a former Tamaulipas governor and Mexican drug cartels.
According U.S. court records, 55-year-old Tomas Yarrington Ruvalcaba, who served as governor of Tamaulipas from 1999 to 2005, has yet to be charged with any crime, but he is named in court records that allege he received bribes from the Gulf Cartel and the Zetas. Authorities already moved to seize a South Padre Island condominium last most and most recently seized the airplane Tuesday afternoon at the Brownsville International Airport, recently obtained court records show.
The seized airplane is a 2005 Pilatus aircraft that was registered to Premier International Holding LTD, which is named in the case against Fernando Cano and others who have been investigated in the case. Cano, who was the leading construction contractor in Tamaulipas in recent years, was indicted last month on money laundering charges and is listed as a front man who laundered Yarrington’s cartel bribes.
Cano, who is listed as a fugitive, is one of the heads of Premier International Holdings, which owns several multimillion-dollar tracts of land in the prestigious Cantera subdivision in San Antonio. Cano’s ex-wife and various business associates remain in custody in Mexico.
Authorities in that country have not released any official information regarding the case, but leaked information and confidential sources implicate not only Yarrington but also his gubernatorial successor, Eugenio Hernandez Flores.
Since the indictment surfaced last month, Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office has searched about 30 properties in Tamaulipas, Mexico City and Cancun Quintana Roo that are tied to the two governors or their numerous associates. Mexico’s Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, suspended Yarrington on May 26, soon after his troubles in U.S. District Court became public.
McALLEN — A fixed-wing, turbo propeller-engine airplane is the latest item seized in connection with an ongoing money laundering investigation that names a former Tamaulipas governor and Mexican drug cartels.
According U.S. court records, 55-year-old Tomas Yarrington Ruvalcaba, who served as governor of Tamaulipas from 1999 to 2005, has yet to be charged with any crime, but he is named in court records that allege he received bribes from the Gulf Cartel and the Zetas. Authorities already moved to seize a South Padre Island condominium last most and most recently seized the airplane Tuesday afternoon at the Brownsville International Airport, recently obtained court records show.
The seized airplane is a 2005 Pilatus aircraft that was registered to Premier International Holding LTD, which is named in the case against Fernando Cano and others who have been investigated in the case. Cano, who was the leading construction contractor in Tamaulipas in recent years, was indicted last month on money laundering charges and is listed as a front man who laundered Yarrington’s cartel bribes.
Cano, who is listed as a fugitive, is one of the heads of Premier International Holdings, which owns several multimillion-dollar tracts of land in the prestigious Cantera subdivision in San Antonio. Cano’s ex-wife and various business associates remain in custody in Mexico.
Authorities in that country have not released any official information regarding the case, but leaked information and confidential sources implicate not only Yarrington but also his gubernatorial successor, Eugenio Hernandez Flores.
Since the indictment surfaced last month, Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office has searched about 30 properties in Tamaulipas, Mexico City and Cancun Quintana Roo that are tied to the two governors or their numerous associates. Mexico’s Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, suspended Yarrington on May 26, soon after his troubles in U.S. District Court became public.
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