Things went from bad to worse for a Mexican politician who recently did time behind bars in the United States before he was removed back to his home country.

According to Breitbart, Tomas Yarrington Ruvalcaba, the former governor of Tamaulipas, now faces new charges in Mexico regarding his alleged ties to several drug cartels.

The former governor is currently behind bars in Mexico, according to reports. The Mexican government had spent years attempting to protect him from doing time.

According to the report, a Mexican judge "ruled in favor of allegations made by prosecutors with the country’s Attorney General’s Office (FGR) this week" regarding the former governor's alleged ties to the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas.

What's going on?

The Mexican judge who ruled in favor of the allegations tossed the former governor in jail, having been charged with "crimes against health in the modality of enabling said crimes," the Mexican term for drug trafficking.

Yarrington had just been deported back to Mexico after spending 108 months in a United States prison on charges of money laundering.

Breitbart noted:

Yarrington had pleaded guilty to those charges in March 25, 2021 at which time U.S prosecutors moved to dismiss the more serious drug trafficjing conspiracy charges that accused him of working with the Gulf Cartel, Los Zetas and the Beltran Leyva Cartel.

The former governor had been on the run prior to being caught, and was ultimately arrested and extradited from Italy, where the Mexican government had reportedly tried to protect him.

SAN DIEGO — Fugitive & former Mexican governor Tomas Jesus Yarrington Ruvalcaba:

🚨Sentenced to nine years in 2021 for money laundering in the U.S. after ICE probe

🚨Turned over by ICE officers to Mexican authorities April 9, where he’s wanted for organized crime and… https://t.co/lLAULYPcBl

— U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (@ICEgov) April 15, 2025

Yarrington, at one point, even had Mexican police officers assigned to protect him while he was an active U.S. fugitive.

Tried to take credit

After he was finally caught and arrested, Mexico attempted to take credit for the deal that brought him back to his home country for prosecution.

Breitbart noted:

After Yarrington’s arrest by HSI agents, Mexico’s government tried to take credit for the capture and tried to have him extradited to Mexico first as a way to protect him. This protection came at a time when Mexico had a different ruling party. The current ruling party is different.

The current Mexican government seems more inclined to prosecute players like Yarrington.

Let's see if that trend continues.