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Trial Begins Monday For Tomas Yarrington, Mexican Fugitive Governor & Accused Drug Trafficker In Houston Federal Court
Heralded as "El Chapo Chapter 2", the Yarrington trial will be closely watched both in the USA and Latin America. Yarrington's image was used as the face of public corruption in the Mexican presidential debates as the four leftist candidates competed for votes. More likely than his guilt is the possibility that Yarrington (as the singular center-right candidate) was falsely accused of cartel complicity and thus removed from the running ahead of the 2012 elections. If exonerated, Yarrington could walk out a free man and fight extradition to Mexico. If freed, Yarrington may find great support as a president-in-exile from his nation, now under communist control.
20 years ago, I was preaching in the state of Tamaulipas, (northern Mexico) when Yarrington was Governor (and allegedly granted state protection to drug gangs), and I observed that the cartels hated him. He also built roads, improved education, and generally advanced the standard of living during his term. The people of Tamaulipas look back on his term as a golden age...a time when they were advancing...before the cartels took over. In numerous interviews they tell how much better life was in those days, that they love Governor Yarrington, that they do not believe the accusations against him. (See attached video interviews).
For a solid decade, there has been a new trend in Latin America. Conservative candidates are being elected. They are friendly towards Trump (several predate him), are rejecting globalism, are putting their own nations first (and making trade agreements to stimulate commerce), are cooperating for hemispheric defense (as shown by this week activating the Rio Treaty and the recent UNITAS joint military drills). Their economies are growing. They are prosecuting corrupt officials (Odebrecht scandal and others) and fighting ruthless gangs. But the trend has another side, a darker one: these conservative presidents are being brought up on charges in their own nations, the USA, and international courts. This is political persecution. Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was convicted in absentia for “war crimes”. The guerrillas of the Sendero Luminoso or “Shining Path”, with Chinese backing, had grown so strong that they assassinated 200 judges and officials. There were no courts to try criminals in, and no witnesses against them survived to testify. Fujimori mobilized the military against the “delincuentes”, and suspended the constitutional rights of insurgents. Peru is free today because of this, and Fujimori was later pardoned after serving half of his 25-year prison sentence. Today, the new round of politically motivated charges is either for “war crimes” or complicity with drug traffickers. Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez and his brother Tony are facing such charges in the Southern District of New York Federal Court. Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales has been harried throughout his term by the UN-run CICIG, which even executed a SWAT raid on his presidential palace, the Casa Crema. Perhaps Governor Yarrington is a common crook…perhaps he is the one honest and viable Mexican presidential hopeful in the world!
Heralded as "El Chapo Chapter 2", the Yarrington trial will be closely watched both in the USA and Latin America. Yarrington's image was used as the face of public corruption in the Mexican presidential debates as the four leftist candidates competed for votes. More likely than his guilt is the possibility that Yarrington (as the singular center-right candidate) was falsely accused of cartel complicity and thus removed from the running ahead of the 2012 elections. If exonerated, Yarrington could walk out a free man and fight extradition to Mexico. If freed, Yarrington may find great support as a president-in-exile from his nation, now under communist control.
20 years ago, I was preaching in the state of Tamaulipas, (northern Mexico) when Yarrington was Governor (and allegedly granted state protection to drug gangs), and I observed that the cartels hated him. He also built roads, improved education, and generally advanced the standard of living during his term. The people of Tamaulipas look back on his term as a golden age...a time when they were advancing...before the cartels took over. In numerous interviews they tell how much better life was in those days, that they love Governor Yarrington, that they do not believe the accusations against him. (See attached video interviews).
For a solid decade, there has been a new trend in Latin America. Conservative candidates are being elected. They are friendly towards Trump (several predate him), are rejecting globalism, are putting their own nations first (and making trade agreements to stimulate commerce), are cooperating for hemispheric defense (as shown by this week activating the Rio Treaty and the recent UNITAS joint military drills). Their economies are growing. They are prosecuting corrupt officials (Odebrecht scandal and others) and fighting ruthless gangs. But the trend has another side, a darker one: these conservative presidents are being brought up on charges in their own nations, the USA, and international courts. This is political persecution. Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was convicted in absentia for “war crimes”. The guerrillas of the Sendero Luminoso or “Shining Path”, with Chinese backing, had grown so strong that they assassinated 200 judges and officials. There were no courts to try criminals in, and no witnesses against them survived to testify. Fujimori mobilized the military against the “delincuentes”, and suspended the constitutional rights of insurgents. Peru is free today because of this, and Fujimori was later pardoned after serving half of his 25-year prison sentence. Today, the new round of politically motivated charges is either for “war crimes” or complicity with drug traffickers. Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez and his brother Tony are facing such charges in the Southern District of New York Federal Court. Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales has been harried throughout his term by the UN-run CICIG, which even executed a SWAT raid on his presidential palace, the Casa Crema. Perhaps Governor Yarrington is a common crook…perhaps he is the one honest and viable Mexican presidential hopeful in the world!
Latin America and the world awaits the trial of Governor Yarrington. He is widely hated, and much beloved. In the trial of El Chapo Guzman, names were named (including Mexican former president Enrique Pena Nieto, to whom El Chapo claimed to have paid a 100 million dollar bribe for protecting the cartel). Now Yarrington will have his day in court and the chance to clear his good name. He will be able to name his adversaries and those truly guilty of corruption before the authorities of the United States, perhaps reaching the highest levels of the Mexican government. The Latin People of the world are watching also, many of them residents (and even citizens) of the USA. They are watching to see if the trial is open and fair, if the accused can freely speak in his defense, if his family will be granted visas to attend the trial or left in Mexico at the mercy of the cartels and corrupt officials.
UPDATE: After discovery of a conflict of interest regarding Judge Hilda Tagle, continuance was granted. The trial will be held at a later date.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLEDaHcycps&list=PL0IHdjh83Z058HrBP3JhEcIgE4ZMW90Vw
