MEXICO CITY—Italian police detained a former governor of a violent and drug-plagued Mexican border state on Sunday, on charges of racketeering and money laundering, a top official at Mexico’s attorney-general office said. Tomás Yarrington, the former governor of Tamaulipas state, had been a fugitive from Mexican justice for almost five years, the official said. Last year, Mexico offered a reward of about $800,000 for information...

Source: Wall Street Journal April 10, 2017 06:22 UTC