MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A former state governor from Mexico's ruling party wanted for embezzlement and organised crime was extradited to his homeland from Guatemala on Monday, the Mexican government said.
Javier Duarte, who until last year governed the Gulf coast state of Veracruz for President Enrique Pena Nieto's Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), is suspected of siphoning off millions of dollars during his tenure.
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