Antonio Enrique Tarín García (11 March 1976 – 7 April 2023) was a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He held various positions in the government of Chihuahua and was the alternate federal deputy for Chihuahua's 9 district in the period 2015–2018 without ever taking office. On 7 May 2017, he was arrested for the crime of aggravated embezzlement; he was later indicted and, years later, released on house arrest.[clarification needed]
Antonio Tarín García | |
|---|---|
| Born | Antonio Enrique Tarín García 11 March 1976 Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico |
| Died | 7 April 2023 (aged 47) Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico |
| Alma mater | ITESM |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Political party | PRI |
Political career
editAt the start of his term as governor of Chihuahua, César Duarte Jáquez appointed Tarín as director of Administration and Finance of the Chihuahua Health Institute in 2010, and on 30 October 2013, he became president of the Acquisitions and Services Committee of the State Treasury Department.[1]
In 2015, Tarín requested a leave of absence from that position to contend for the PRI's nomination for alternate federal deputy for Chihuahua's 9th district.[clarification needed] In the 2015 mid-term election, he was elected as Carlos Hermosillo Arteaga's alternate for the 2015–2018 session of Congress. Between the end of electoral campaigning and the start of the legislative session, he returned to his post in the Chihuahua state government until the end of the Duarte's term.[2]
Accusations of corruption and substitution attempt
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When Javier Corral Jurado of the National Action Party (PAN) assumed the position of governor in 2016, Tarín was accused[by whom?] of corruption and mismanagement of public resources, in particular of diverting funds to shell companies created by himself, including one called FRITAG.
Hermosillo Arteaga was killed in a car accident on 20 March 2017, and Tarín attempted to assume the now vacant congressional seat.[3][4] Eight days later, he tried to take the oath of office [clarification needed] as a deputy before the Chamber of Deputies, which would have granted him parliamentary immunity against any arrest warrants issued against him. When an arrest warrant issued against him the same day by the Chihuahua prosecutor's office was served before he could be sworn in, a confrontation arose between the parliamentary factions of the PRI and its opponents from the PAN, PRD, and MORENA. After negotiations, the PRI announced that his swearing-in would be postponed until his legal situation was clarified.[5]
Consequently, and to avoid being arrested by the police officers who were waiting for him outside the Congress building, he remained sheltered there throughout the night until he received an injunction that suspended the arrest warrant against him,[6][7][2] after which he finally left the Legislative Palace of San Lázaro.[8][9] After these events, Tarín stated that he was innocent of the accusations and was being politically persecuted by the government of Chihuahua.[10]
Incarceration
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On 7 May 2017, Tarín was arrested in a rented apartment in Mexico City[11] on fresh charges of aggravated embezzlement unrelated to those for which the federal judge had issued the injunction. He was subsequently transferred to Chihuahua and was indicted on 6 June.[12] On 19 July 2019 he was found guilty of embezzling 2,420,000 pesos and sentenced to six years' incarceration.[2] On 20 December 2021, a judge changed the conditions of Tarín's prison sentence, granting him house arrest and the use of a locator bracelet.[13]
Death
editOn 7 April 2023, Tarín died at age 47 when he jumped from a vehicular bridge in the city of Chihuahua.[14] He was identified by the locator bracelet he was still wearing.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Toman protesta nuevos funcionarios de Hacienda y Vialidad". El Pueblo. 30 October 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
- ^ a b c d "¿Quién es Antonio Enrique Tarín García?". Tiempo.com.mx. 30 March 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
- ^ Mayorga, Patricia (20 March 2017). "Muere en accidente diputado federal priista cercano a César Duarte". Proceso. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
- ^ Ponce, Norma (20 March 2017). "Murió el diputado Carlos Hermosillo Arteaga, colaborador de Duarte". Milenio. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
- ^ Godínez, Lucía (29 March 2017). "Diputados del PRI descartan apoyar a Tarín para que rinda protesta". El Universal. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
- ^ Cervantes, Jesusa (28 March 2017). "Diputado Antonio Tarín se refugia en San Lázaro; espera un amparo para no ser detenido". Proceso. Archived from the original on 2 May 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
- ^ Dabdoub, Alejandro (29 March 2017). "Un político mexicano se atrinchera en el Congreso para evitar ser detenido y consigue un amparo" (in Spanish). El País. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
- ^ Cervantes, Jesusa (29 March 2017). "Antonio Tarín recibe amparo y se retira de la Cámara de Diputados". Proceso. Archived from the original on 2 May 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
- ^ Cervantes, Jesusa (5 April 2017). "Caso Tarín García: una crónica de la complicidad y la desvergüenza". Proceso. Archived from the original on 14 May 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
- ^ Dabdoub, Alejandro (29 March 2017). ""No tengo miedo", dice Antonio Tarín, el político mexicano que se atrincheró en el Congreso" (in Spanish). El País. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
- ^ "Detienen a Antonio Tarín, ex colaborador de César Duarte" (in Spanish). El Universal. 7 May 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "Vinculan a proceso en Chihuahua a Antonio Tarín" (in Spanish). El Universal. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Holguín, Ricardo (20 December 2021). "Obtiene Antonio Tarín su libertad tras cuatro años de cárcel Tarín" (in Spanish). El Heraldo de Chihuahua. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
- ^ González, Blanca B. (7 April 2023). "Se suicida Antonio Tarín, exfuncionario en el gobierno de César Duarte". Excélsior (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 April 2023.