A policeman removes the handcuffs from Javier Duarte's hands, former governor of the Mexican state of Veracruz, after arriving to the Air Force compound for his extradition to Mexico, in Guatemala City, Guatemala, in this handout photo released to Reuters by the Guatemala Interior Ministry on July 17, 2017. Guatemala Interior Ministry/Handout via REUTERS
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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