Mexico City:
A Mexican former governor has been charged with money laundering in the United States, the latest to be accused of crimes by US authorities, prosecutors said Friday.
Former Tamaulipas governor Eugenio Hernandez Flores, 57, and his brother-in-law Oscar Gomez Guerra, 43, were indicted by a federal grand jury in Corpus Christi, Texas, US prosecutors said.
US officials consider both men fugitives but Hernandez, who was governor of the Texas border state from 2005 to 2010, took to the airwaves in Mexico to reject the charges.
"I am serene and will clarify this issue with the United States," he told Radio Formula, adding that he has an attorney across the border.
If convicted, he and his brother-in-law face up to 20 years in prison.
His predecessor, Tomas Yarrington, was accused by US prosecutors in 2013 of accepting "large bribes" in exchange for turning a blind eye to drug smuggling.
In June 2013, a US court sentenced former Quintana Roo governor Mario Villanueva Madrid to nearly 11 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to money laundering.
Former Tamaulipas governor Eugenio Hernandez Flores, 57, and his brother-in-law Oscar Gomez Guerra, 43, were indicted by a federal grand jury in Corpus Christi, Texas, US prosecutors said.
US officials consider both men fugitives but Hernandez, who was governor of the Texas border state from 2005 to 2010, took to the airwaves in Mexico to reject the charges.
"I am serene and will clarify this issue with the United States," he told Radio Formula, adding that he has an attorney across the border.
If convicted, he and his brother-in-law face up to 20 years in prison.
His predecessor, Tomas Yarrington, was accused by US prosecutors in 2013 of accepting "large bribes" in exchange for turning a blind eye to drug smuggling.
In June 2013, a US court sentenced former Quintana Roo governor Mario Villanueva Madrid to nearly 11 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to money laundering.
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