César Horacio Duarte Jáquez (born April 14, 1963) is a Mexican politician, a member of the

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, who has twice been a federal deputy. He was President of the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico from 2008 to 2009, while representing Chihuahua's ninth district, and he served as Governor of Chihuahua for the period 2010 to 2016. César Duarte is currently under investigation for corruption and an arrest warrant against him and other close members of his government was issued on March 27, 2017. According to the ''Financial Times'' in 2018, he was "believed to be in

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." He was arrested in

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in July 2020.

Personal life and education

César Duarte Jáquez was born in Hidalgo de Parral, Chihuahua in April

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. He studied at the Universidad del Valle de México and became a lawyer.

Career

Duarte Jáquez joined the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) in 1977 and became a municipal and state advisor to PRI. He became general secretary and president of the

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. He became head of the Confederación Nacional Campesina (National Farmers' Confederation) of Chihuahua and secretary of the organization's executuve board. Duarte Jáquez went on to become an at-large deputy in the Chihuauhua State Legislature (September 1, 2000 – August 31, 2003), deputy from the 9th District (September 1, 2006 – August 31, 2009), and president of the Chamber of Deputies (September 1, 2008 – August 31, 2009). He was

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from October 4, 2010 to October 3, 2016, after which he was accused of peculation of MXN $275 million. He was expelled from PRI in January

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. His government investigated the

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Accusations

Duarte Jáquez is accused of owning 50 different properties possibly acquired with public monies, with a value of US $200 million, in the United States. This is in addition to the 21 pieces of property—ranches, cattle, and machinery worth between MXN $1 billion and $1.2 billion—already seized in Mexico. The total fraud may amount to MXN $6 billion (US $267,500,000). As of January 21, 2021, Duarte was being held in a prison in Florida. Authorities and politicians (primarily member of in Chihuahua would like to see him tried locally, particularly in light of accusations by Duarte′s former Treasury Secretary, Jaime Herrera, revealed that he was personally responsible for handing out bribes to loyalists.

References

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