U.S. to return Mexico $246 mln confiscated from former official-Lopez Obrador
- Americas
- Reuters
- Published Date: 05:54 | 12 April 2023
- Modified Date: 05:55 | 12 April 2023
The United States has said it will return over $246 million in money and assets confiscated from a former senior official in the Mexican northern border state of Coahuila, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday.
Hector Villarreal, a former Coahuila state finance minister, in 2014 pleaded guilty in Texas to money laundering charges.