Mexico: ex-governor sentenced to nine years in corruption case

Javier Duarte, former governor of Veracruz, pleaded guilty to charges of organized crime and money laundering

The former governor of Mexico’s Gulf coast state of Veracruz has pleaded guilty to charges of organized crime and money laundering, in an anticlimactic conclusion to Mexico’s highest-profile corruption case in recent years.

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