Leader of Riviera Maya Gang Moved To Maximum Security Prison
Published: 08 June 2021
WRITTEN BY JONNY WRATH
Florian Tudor, the alleged leader of an organized criminal group that stole over a billion dollars by compromising ATMs in tourist destinations across Mexico, was transferred to a maximum security prison on Saturday, Mexican media reported.
Riviera Maya
Riviera Maya gang, a criminal organization that stole more than a billion dollars by compromising ATMs across Mexican tourist destinations. (Photo: OCCRP)
Mexican authorities arrested Tudor end of May, acting on an extradition request made by Romania, where he is suspected of organized crime, extortion and attempted aggravated homicide. Prosecutors in Bucharest had asked for his prompt arrest due to concerns that he could flee the Latin American country and they would be unable to track him down.
He is currently being held at El Altiplano, the country’s highest maximum security prison, little more than an hour away from Mexico City. Altiplano has held some of Mexico’s most notorious organized crime bosses, including leaders of the Sinaloa, Los Zetas, Gulf and Knights Templar cartels.
Most famously, inmate Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán escaped the prison in 2015 through a 1.5km-long tunnel constructed beneath the floor of his cell’s shower.
Judicial sources confirmed the transfer to Mexican newspaper Milenio, which also published a video of the alleged leader of the Riviera Maya gang arriving at the prison.
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https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/14590-leader-of-riviera-maya-gang-moved-to-maximum-security-prison