A Mexican person and her hubby had their United States tourer visas revoked owed to an ongoing wealth laundering probe linked to a cause cartel, a caller study claims.
The Justice Department probe into Baja California Marina del Pilar and her spouse, Carlos Torres began past twelvemonth but did not interaction their visa presumption until the past weekend, according to Mexican writer Luis Chaparro.
In summation to losing their tourer visas, the mates has besides allegedly had their Bank of America and Wells Fargo accounts closed successful San Diego owed to 'suspicious activities,' according to Mexican quality outlets Tiempo and Cadena Politica.
Del Pilar's links to Mexican cartels person been questioned since 2022, erstwhile a photograph emerged of her embracing alleged Sinaloa Cartel crime figure Emmanuel 'El Botas' Serrano portion she was campaigning for politician 3 years earlier.
Del Pilar's bureau dismissed the past allegations, saying she's photographed with thousands of constituents and nationalist figures portion campaigning and moving the large Mexican governments.
Her Instagram relationship has hundreds of glamorous photos and videos with satellite leaders, from past and existent Mexican presidents similar Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Claudia Sheinbaum, to planetary figures similar California Governor Gavin Newsom, who visited the operation of a h2o works successful Tijuana successful 2024.
There is nary proposition Governor Newsom is connected to del Pilar oregon immoderate probe into her activities. DailyMail.com has contacted Bank of America and Wells Fargo for comment.
Chaparro claimed that del Pilar met with U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Department of Homeland Security officials astatine a tourism lawsuit successful the edifice municipality of Rosarito connected April 28, 2024, erstwhile she was archetypal notified of the investigation.
Marina del Pilar (center), the glamorous politician of the Mexico authorities of Baja California, is reportedly being investigated by the United States for wealth laundering, according to a study from Mexican writer Luis Chaparro
Her Instagram relationship has hundreds of glamorous photos and videos with satellite leaders, from past and existent presidents similar Andrés Manuel López Obrador
Baja California Governor Marina del Pilar met with her California counterpart, Gavin Newsom, successful October 2024 to circuit the operation of a h2o works in San Antonio de los Buenos, a borough successful the borderline metropolis of Tijuana
'Both are being investigated by the United States for wealth laundering successful an probe involving different Baja California businessmen and officials...' Chaparro said during his YouTube shows 'Pie de Nota'.
He added that the US agents told her the probe was looking into the 'Rusos Cartel' successful Mexicali, arsenic good arsenic a web of individuals and businessmen from Baja California allegedly linked to members of organized transgression successful that region.
'She pleaded with CBP and DHS supervisors to delight not marque nationalist the actions against her and her hubby and to not pass the Mexican consulate to forestall them from being leaked to the media,' Chaparro said connected his amusement the time aft del Pilar revealed her visa status.
'The politician requested, arsenic a idiosyncratic favor, that her actions not beryllium communicated to the Mexican consulate oregon immoderate different Mexican authorization truthful that the accusation would not spread.'
Del Pilar addressed the visa prohibition again successful a property league Monday without making immoderate comments implicit the alleged wealth laundering probe oregon slope relationship closures, portion besides not marque immoderate notation to her hubby oregon his visa ban.
Governor del Pilar was flanked by members of her medication and ruling party, National Regeneration Movement, portion addressing the United States' determination to revoke the tourer visas that she and her hubby held
Baja California Governor Marina del Pilar with her hubby Carlos Torres. Both issued statements astir the revoked visas connected their Facebook pages connected Sunday.
'I person been included successful a consular measure, and truthful contiguous I bash not person a visa to participate the United States,' said del Pilar portion being flanked by members of her administration.
Del Pilar, who served arsenic politician of the borderline metropolis of Mexicali from 2019 to 2021 earlier being elected politician successful 2021, downplayed the determination made by President Donald Trump's medication to revoke her question rights.
'But that does not specify me. Because I americium not defined by what I person oregon by the permits granted oregon withheld. I americium defined by my values, my convictions, and the intent I person embraced since I decided to dedicate my beingness to nationalist service,' said Del Pilar.
'The information that the United States' State Department has canceled my visa does not mean that I person done thing wrong. It is an administrative decision, not an accusation. There is nary crime. There is nary misconduct.'
A photograph taken successful 2019 showed alleged Sinaloa Cartel compartment person Emmanuel 'El Botas' Serrano (third from the left) and Baja California Governor Marina del Pilar Ávila (third from the right) hugging astatine an lawsuit wherever she was campaigning for politician of Mexicali. The representation went viral successful September 2022, a twelvemonth and 3 months aft she was elected governor. Del Pilar's bureau disputed allegations that she had immoderate ties to El Bota
Marina de Pilar, the politician of the Mexican authorities of Baja California, said she is wide of immoderate wrongdoings portion she addressed the United States' determination to prohibition the tourer visas for her and her husband
Despite Chaparro's reports that del Pilar is alert of the crushed the tourists visas were cancelled, the politician claimed otherwise.
'The crushed for this measurement has not been communicated, and immoderate the reason, I americium calm and with a wide conscience that everything volition beryllium clarified. And yet, immoderate person tried to crook this concern into a governmental weapon,' del Pilar said.
'I've ne'er wounded anyone, and I ne'er will. These are values that are pillars of my beingness and that were instilled successful maine astatine location from a precise young age,' del Pilar added. 'So don't look for them. There's thing to find retired to harm my representation oregon that of myself. To beryllium honest, I'm amazed by this situation.'
The U.S. State Department property bureau said successful a connection to media Monday that 'visa records are confidential nether U.S. law; therefore, we cannot remark connected idiosyncratic cases.'