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I guess this means he’s retired from politics

5 June 2008

Former Quintana Roo Governor Mario Villanueva Madrid won’t be running for office again any time soon.

A bit more spectacularly corrupt than the usual run of sleazy pols, he was given a sentence of thirty-six years and nine months in the Federal pen for using his government position for the benefit his private business cronies. OK, so the cronies in this case were cocaine traffickers.

The Gov. was absolved of crimes against public health (what in the U.S. are drug charges), transporting cocaine and having ties to organized crime. He does have ties to organized political parties… but not any more.

On top of everything else, Judge Humberto Venancio Pineda fined Villanueva 6,205 pesos and prohibited him from running for office for the next twenty-six years.

Can we ship Dick Cheney to Quintana Roo… please???

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