Who is the governor of veracruz

Duarte, 45, became a national embodiment of the corruption that has ravaged Mexico and severely tainted the image of the long-dominant Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, of which Duarte was a longtime member. Duarte is one of at least half a dozen PRI former governors facing corruption charges or jailed for alleged wrongdoing.

The mounting roll call of tarnished ex-governors has become a major embarrassment for a political party that ruled Mexico for much of the 20th century. Veracruz, once a PRI bastion, has fallen largely under the political control of opposition blocs. With time already served and the potential for parole, Duarte could be free in four years, authorities said. Macias is seeking asylum in England as a victim of political persecution in Mexico, her lawyer has told Mexican news media.

Criminal syndicates also fight for primacy of the huge migrant-trafficking business in Veracruz, which is traversed by multitudes of Central Americans headed to the United States. In recent years, the state has also won notoriety as the home of many clandestine graves where the bodies of homicide victims have been found.

Grisly footage of the unearthing of skulls and other remains from remote sites in Veracruz is regularly aired on Mexican television. But prosecutors never linked Duarte directly to any of the killings and disappearances that, along with rampant corruption, tainted his administration.

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Shortly before his term was due to end in , Duarte fled Veracruz in a government helicopter. He was eventually detained in Guatemala in April and extradited to Mexico.

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