Close fence: Spain, US and Canada join trial against Magistrate Jose Luis Vargas

After it was announced that he had been removed from Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary (TEPJF), The magistrate said Jose Luis Vargas Valdes It is still on fire for tax crimes.

However, the investigations were violated after the investigations were initiated Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU)Further, the case was handed over to the Attorney General’s Office, Various countries joined for this causeAccording to the newspaper Millennium.

Now the public officer is being investigated US Treasury Department to Spain and CanadaJournalist Janet Lopez Bones announced.

According to the media, every officer Search for input to FIU complaints You refer to what is said to be participation in actions Illegal enrichment, money laundering, as well as triangulation of resources with pre-companies.

They would have been the three countries that Vargas frequently visited over a period of several years They will look for unusual functions that allow them to disable their accounts, they confirmed.

The Financial Intelligence Unit reported on July 19, 2021 Disagreement against Jose Luis Vargas Valdes, He still served as chairman of the TEPJF.

In addition, a complaint was filed on June 22 against two individuals and four law firms Illegal enrichment offense by money laundering.

According to the division, Jose Lewis may have run the financial and corporate tools they found Various deposits in a bank account A relative who is not in direct contact with those previously reported to the tax authority.

Similarly, Constitution of relocation and unfair law firms abroad, Those who acted as seizers of funds from shell companies, then became inactive.

But that is not the only complaint against him, as a complaint was also lodged last year against the head of the highest election body. November 28, 2020 Due to irregular movements in the financial system The Tax Administration Service (SAT) previously said they did not comply with their notices.

Vargas He graduated in law from the Instituto Technologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM) and Master of Public Law at the University of Pompeii Fabre in Barcelona, ​​Spain.

It was during its path Head of the Division of the Center for Intelligence and National Security (CISEN) 2007 to 2010, as well Head of the Office of the Special Attorney for Electoral Crimes (FEADLE), with the status of Deputy Attorney General in the now defunct Attorney General’s Office (PGR) from 2010 to 2012.

However, on November 4, 2016, during the administration of Enrique Pena Nieto (2012-2018), He was appointed Election Judge of the High Room of the TEPJF.

As its chairman The highest chamber of the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary (TEPJF), agreed in November 2020, where he was elected with four votes in favor, receiving only three ahead of Judge Reyes Rodriguez.

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