Miguel Alemán Magnani, in a 2013 file photo.Susana Gonzalez / Bloomberg
The International Criminal Police Organization, Interpol, has issued a red card to search and locate the Mexican businessman Miguel Alemán Magnani, founder of the Interjet airline, who is accused of the crime of tax fraud for 65 million pesos (about 1 , 3 million dollars), according to national media in Mexico.
The Government of Mexico announced that the request was requested by Interpol at its headquarters in the country to search for the businessman, after the arrest warrant issued on July 8 last by a judge against the former member was released. of the Business Advisory Council of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
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Miguel Alemán Magnani's lawyers point out that he resides in France
Mexican justice orders the arrest of businessman Miguel Alemán Magnani for tax fraud
A month ago, the businessman's lawyers told the newspapers
El Universal
and
Reforma
that Alemán Magnani has resided in France since January, where he allegedly traveled to raise funds for the airline.
During that search, the businessman decided to settle in Europe, where "he lives a normal life, he is not running away from anyone," says his lawyer.
Alemán's mother, former model Christiane Magnani, is French.
Previously, some information had placed him in the United States.
The search for Interpol marks a new milestone in this family dynasty, whose patriarch was former president Miguel Alemán Valdés (1946-1952) and who has managed to combine political power with business.
In 2005 they founded Interjet, which would become the mainstay of their business network.
The Alemans lost control of the airline last summer in favor of current president Alejandro del Valle, who promised a capital injection that has not materialized.
Although they remain minority shareholders, the family's lawyers maintain that Mexican authorities should go after Del Valle for tax debts, not their previous owners.
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