MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico has issued an arrest warrant for an outgoing state governor in the ruling party suspected of involvement in organised crime and money laundering, the attorney general said on Wednesday, amid fears he has gone missing.
Javier Duarte, who took a leave of absence this week from the governorship of Veracruz just as his term was ending, has presided over a spike in gang violence and kidnappings in the oil-rich state favoured by drug cartels as a trafficking route.
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