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On November 27, 2013, and December 2, 2013, the Office of the U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of Texas announced indictments against former high-level Mexican officials. On December 2, 2013, a federal indictment was unsealed against Tomas Yarrington Ruvalcaba, the former governor of the State of Tamaulipas, 56, and Fernando Alejandro Cano Martinez, 57, the owner of a Mexican construction firm, charging them with conspiracy to violate the provisions of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) statute.[1] On November 27, 2013, the same U.S. Attorney’s Office announced the indictment of two former Mexican politicians from the State of Coahuila on charges of conspiring to launder monetary instruments, bank fraud, mail fraud, and wire fraud.[2]