(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/121212-yarrington-2a.photoblog600.jpg)Daniel Aguilar / Reuters, fileTomas Yarrington, of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, seen in Mexico City May 23, 2005, is a fugitive over suspicions he aided drug traffickers.By ReutersMCALLEN, Texas -- The U.S. government seized a luxury Texas condominium purportedly owned by a fugitive former Mexican governor wanted on suspicion of aiding drug traffickers, the U.S. Attorney's Office said Tuesday.
Federal prosecutors for the southern district of Texas said the $640,000 condominium on South Padre Island is owned by the former governor of Mexico's Tamaulipas state, Tomas Yarrington, also the former national leader of Mexico's ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI.
Prosecutors allege that the property was purchased with money that came from Mexican drug traffickers.
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