A month ago, the United States government detained one of the men supposedly most wanted by the regime. We barely found out. He ICE He was arrested on September 24 in the place where he had fled: MiamiFlorida. In Mexico the news of the arrest was known a month later. In an era where information flies in seconds, this unusual delay awakens all suspicions.
Maybe it has to do with the government being concerned about what you might declare. Victor Alvarez Puga. Because although the accusation that led to the arrest warrant is for having looted the treasury in times of Enrique Pena Nieto —3 billion pesos from the Ministry of the Interior—, it is also well known that he was intertwined with several top-level figures in the government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
Imagine that Álvarez Puga said that part of that money ended up in “contributions” to López Obrador’s campaign in 2018. Imagine if he told who in AMLO’s government he met with. Imagine if he said that he was “tax strategist” from high-level workshop owners and their families, both National Palace as well as Congress. Or that he would reveal which civil and military officials were going to visit him at his offices in Las Lomas.
Víctor Álvarez Puga is considered by the 4T as one of the most important billers from Mexico, something like the Rey del Outsourcing. Lawyer, prosecutor, businessman. It is presumed that its network of companies had as many as a million employees registered and its fortuna personal It was estimated at 500 million dollars.
One would think that with that he has his own life and that of several generations resolved. Not with “Mai”’s lifestyle: three private planes, helicopter, apartment in midtown Manhattan from New York, house in Miami (the property had been the home of the singer Cher), house in Acapulco, super house in the Mexico Citydesigner jewelry, designer clothing, high-end watches, luxury cars. His high profile was also supported by his marriage to the famous host Inés Gómez Montagainst whom an arrest warrant was also issued, but who remains free. A feast for addicted eyes Instagram.
What went wrong that caused the castle to collapse? That’s another mystery. But it is clear that his moorings within the 4T were not enough for him. The problems began to burst, he accumulated files and accusations, and ended up auctioning off many of his assets to cover his legal defense.
He knows things so much that, according to very well-informed sources, emissaries from the Attorney General’s Office of the Republic offered him to be a collaborating witness so that he could testify against Julio SchererAMLO’s trusted operator, legal advisor to the Presidency and enemy of the prosecutor Gertz Manero. They tell me that he rejected the offer and thanks to a saving whistle, he fled to Miami with his family just in time. That was about four years ago.
Now it turns out that a month ago he was detained in Florida apparently for an immigration issue. Mexico has already requested his extradition. If he speaks, he will open another hole for the workshop.
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