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A federal judge in Mexico has ordered the arrest of a former governor of the state of Nayarit over money laundering charges. The daughter of former Nayarit Governor Roberto Sandoval Castaneda was also included in the arrest order. Mexico s Attorney General s Office accused Castaneda and his daughter Lidy Alejandra Sandoval Lopez of having laundered huge drug cartel bribes during the politician s term from 2011 to 2017, according to a Breitbart News report. Authorities said that Roberto Sandoval Castaneda worked through his state attorney general to benefit from criminal groups such as Jalisco New Generation Cartel and the Beltran Leyva in exchange for bribes. Also, the former politician was accused of using his daughter to purchase properties in an attempt to launder the money. His daughter at the time was a college student. 

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