The judge issued a warrant for the arrest of Mónica Macías, sister-in-law of former governor of Veracruz, Javier Duarte

For his alleged responsibility for the crime of tax evasion for more than 3 million pesos, a federal judge has issued a warrant for arrest against Mónica Ghihan Macías Toubilla, sister-in-law of former governor of Veracruz Javier Duarte.

The Office of the Attorney General of the Republic (FGR) He has obtained the arrest warrant against a judge having his home in Xalapa, in the state of Veracruz, for which he will seek the help of Interpol to draw a red card and that the United Kingdom supports his detention.

The journalist Ciro Gómez Leyva confirmed on his Twitter account: "The Interpol will immediately send a red card to the UK police, as well as to the rest of the countries that make up the organization, for the location and possible extradition of Mónica Macías, sister-in-law of Javier Duarte and sister of his wife, Karime Macías ".

According to the survey of the FGR, Mónica Macías would have been part of the network of prestanombres of Duarte for the acquisition of properties in the United States with resources of illicit origin, detailed the newspaper L & # 39; s universal. Macías has appeared as a real estate owner in an exclusive residential area in Houston, Texas.

Karime Macías, with request for extradition

The wife of former governor of Veracruz, Javier Duarte, tried to get rid of his arrest through an amparo. However, the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic (FGR) extended the request for extradition in February and asked the Government of Northern Ireland to intervene to help with its capture.

The request of the Office of the Prosecutor, made through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was made possible thanks to the latest resolution of file 454/2018, issued on 22 February by the Sixth Court of Amparo in Mexico, which determined to reject an application presented by Macías Tubilla. The suspension of the process allowed the federal authorities to extend their request for extradition to Northern Ireland.

The fugitive had promoted an injunction, after the Attorney General of the Republic (PGR) of the time had issued, before closing the presidency of Enrique Peña Nieto, a request by which he sought the support of the Britain, as Northern Irish to help arrest Karime Macías.
He is serving his sentence

He left the Veracruz government on October 12, 2016, 48 days before the end of his term, to face charges of corruption, but he became a fugitive from justice.

In April 2017, he was arrested in a luxury hotel in Panajachel, Sololá Department, Guatemala, and extradited to Mexico.

Javier Duarte was sentenced in September 2018 to nine years in prison after pleading guilty to crimes of criminal badociation and money laundering.

Arrested on April 15, 2017 and imprisoned in North Mexico City Prison, he accepted the abbreviated trial and conviction of criminal badociation and operations with resources of illegal origin.

Cumulative over 90 properties during his years as head of the government of Veracruz. There are at least 40 properties in Mexico and 50 others in Florida, Texas, Arizona and New York, USA, as well as in Madrid and Bilbao in Spain.