Ex-Tamaulipas governor extradited to Texas, to be back in federal court Monday

The former governor of Tamaulipas who was captured in Italy last spring has been extradited to the United States to face federal drug trafficking charges, among others.

Mexican media first reported on the extradition of Tomás Yarrington Ruvalcaba, who left Florence, Italy, early Friday morning for Houston, according to the Mexico City newspaper Excélsior. The extradition was later confirmed Friday afternoon by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas.

Yarrington, 61, who had been in Italian custody since his April 2017 arrest in Florence, arrived in Brownsville early Friday evening, where a federal grand jury indicted him on 11 charges in 2013. These charges included racketeering, international drug trafficking, money laundering, bank fraud and tax evasion.

He is scheduled to appear before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ronald Morgan in Brownsville on Monday afternoon. The U.S. Marshals Service declined to disclose details of the extradition, citing operational security concerns.

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