Panama has agreed to extradite a former state Governor from Mexico’s ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who is wanted in his homeland on Corruption Charges, the two countries said on Monday.

Roberto Borge, who from 2010 to 2016 was governor of the state of Quintana Roo, home to the tourist resort Cancun, was detained in Panama City airport in June with the aid of Interpol as he was preparing to board a flight to Paris.

Borge had long been accused of corruption by opposition parties, although he has denied the allegations.

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