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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Oscar Lopez

Mexican president challenges UK asylum given to woman accused of corruption

Javier Duarte with Karime Macías
Javier Duarte with Karime Macías in 2018. He is in jail in Mexico and she is believed to be living in Belgravia, London. Photograph: Associated Press

The Mexican president, Claudia Sheinbaum, has said her government will send a formal letter of complaint to officials in the United Kingdom after the wife of a former governor wanted for allegedly pilfering £4.8m of public money was granted asylum in Britain.

Karime Macías, ex-wife of jailed former Veracruz governor Javier Duarte, is wanted for extradition to Mexico for allegedly siphoning millions from the state welfare office, but has reportedly spent the last few years in London.

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