On early Tuesday, it was revealed that the mayors of three Mexican towns are under investigation for suspicious financial movements that could be linked to organized crime . They mayor are allegedly linked to the deadly Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel .
The official, who was not authorized to be quoted by name, said authorities have frozen the bank accounts of Eduardo Cervantes Aguilar , the mayor of Ixtlahuacán de Los Membrillos , Jalisco, as part of the “Agave Azul” operation aimed at money laundering, allegedly for the Jalisco Nueva Generación drug cartel . About 2,000 people and companies have had accounts frozen in the operation, the official said.
In 2015, Cervantes Aguilar was linked to the bloody CJNG drug cartel and authorities investigated him for his alleged participation in the sale of weapons to civilians who posed as municipal police.
Ixtlahuacán de Los Membrillos, located in south Guadalajara , is where Giovanni López was beaten to death in May while in police custody after officers arrested him for not wearing a face mask during the COVID-19 pandemic . The death led to protests in Guadalajara and Mexico City.
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Authorities also blocked the accounts of Mónica Marín Buenrostro , the mayor of El Grullo, Jalisco and Antonino Morales , the mayor of San Blas Atempa, Oaxaca .
On June 17, the Financial Intelligence Unit decided to unblock the account of the three townships so that they can pay the employees; however, the personal bank accounts of the three mayors are still frozen.
The CJNG cartel is one of the fastest-growing and most violent drug trafficking organizations in the world.
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