Alleged Investment in Lehman Brothers Can Land Gloria and Mike Arroyo in a U.S. Jail |
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Written by Bobby M. Reyes | |||
Saturday, 15 May 2010 09:14 | |||
If reports are true that Gloria and Mike Arroyo invested in the now-collapsed Lehman Brothers investment company to the tune of half-a-billion dollars or more, then the couple can be charged with laundering money in violation of international and American anti-laundering laws. The A former Mexican state governor and mayor of Cancun, Mexico, was recently extradited to the United States for alleged money laundering through Lehman Brothers and for receiving bribes in protecting drug cartels. There are reports also that the First Gentleman Mike Arroyo and some military officers have been protecting illegal-drug syndicates operating in the While it is true that Mrs. Arroyo has congressional immunity while the House of Representatives is in session, Mike Arroyo does not enjoy any immunity at all. Besides, as former President Fidel V. Ramos notes, “Congressional immunity is good only against traffic tickets.” This precisely happened in the case of then Rep. Mark Jimenez, who was extradited to the H ere are excerpts from the Los Angeles Times about the Mexican former governor and mayor, who is now in the custody of American federal officials: Ex-Cancun mayor extradited to U.S. on drug charges By Richard A. Serrano, Tribune Reporting from The former mayor and governor of the popular Mexican resort area of Cancun was extradited to the United States to stand trial on allegations of pocketing millions of dollars in bribes to help a notorious drug cartel move more than 200 tons of cocaine across the border, Justice Department officials announced Monday. Mario Ernesto Villanueva His arrest and transfer to the
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