Mexico’s president is to release a former state governor who has been convicted in both the United States and Mexico on drug trafficking and money laundering charges.
On Sunday, Lopez Obrador spoke with news outlets in Chetumal, Quintana Roo, where he claimed he was working on getting amnesty for former governor Mario Villanueva. The Mexican president claiming the former governor was entitled to it for being an older man, Noticaribe.mx reported.
“If he wishes it, If he so wants it he has a pardon, he has amnesty from us,” Lopez Obrador said. “It is just a matter of checking technicalities, if he does not have any pending cases and he has already been sentenced then he can.”
Lopez Obrador added that Villanueva deserved amnesty because of his age and that he was already tired of “so many legal proceedings.”
