U.S. immigration officials sprung a former Mexican presidential candidate from federal prison and sent him south of the border this week — where he may one day long for a more pleasant U.S. prison stay.
Tomas Jesus Yarrington Ruvalcaba, 68, was removed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Wednesday and turned over to Mexican authorities who were waiting for him at the busy San Ysidro Port of Entry between San Diego and Tijuana.
He’s hardly home free.
Yarington faces charges in Mexico that include organized crime activities and illegally obtained assets. He was serving a 108-month sentence in the Federal Correctional Institution Thomson in Illinois after he pleaded guilty in the U.S. to conspiracy to commit money laundering in 2021.
Some might consider the Thomson a low-security penitentiary with its 1500 inmates and a resort compared to the violent and…
