The San Antonio Express-News reported today that the federal government is moving to sieze commercial and residential properties in San Antobio and in the Rio Grande Valley they allege were purchased with money embezzled from the government of Coahuila, according to court documents cited by the newspaper.
The daily reported that the laundering of state funds was orchestrated by Hector Javier Villarreal, 41, the former Coahuila state treasurer, who is wanted on money laundering and 
engaging in organized criminal activity charges in Bexar County, and quoted a spokesman for the Texas attorney general's office.
Villarreal, who's at large, is also wanted in Mexico, where authorities say he falsified documents to borrow $222 million on the state's credit, then shuffled the money to family in the United States.
engaging in organized criminal activity charges in Bexar County, and quoted a spokesman for the Texas attorney general's office.Villarreal, who's at large, is also wanted in Mexico, where authorities say he falsified documents to borrow $222 million on the state's credit, then shuffled the money to family in the United States.
They're going after a condo unit on South Padre Island and a carwash in Harlingen.
In Brownsville, they're trying to seize a house and several commercial properties, including an unfinished apartment complex, a gas station and another carwash at the corner of Boca Chica Boulevard and Padre Highway, a busy intersection home to a number of chain restaurants and stores.
Villarreal, a former computer equipment salesman who went into government service in 2008, was arrested in Mexico in October 2011 and was freed after posting bail of 10 million pesos, about $769,000. Shortly afterward, he came to the U.S.
Villarreal, a former computer equipment salesman who went into government service in 2008, was arrested in Mexico in October 2011 and was freed after posting bail of 10 million pesos, about $769,000. Shortly afterward, he came to the U.S.
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that's great news for Coahuila!!!
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