US authorities have sent Jorge Juan Torres-Lopez, an ex-governor of Coahuila, Mexico, to federal prison for 3 years for his involvement in a money laundering scheme that also included bribing a public official. The 67-year-old pleaded guilty in June 2020.
Torres-Lopez held various positions in the Mexican government from 1994 to 2011. During some of this time, he received bribes in exchange for road-building contracts for Coahuila. To launder the bribe money, he conducted financial transactions in the US.
Mexican authorities arrested Torres-Lopez in February 2019 and extradited him to the US in October 2019. As part of his plea, Torres-Lopez has agreed to forfeit part of the property that he purchased in the US with the illicitly received money.
Source: US Department of Justice