Mexico charges ex-governor's son in probe of video showing him with purported drug boss
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Federal prosecutors in Mexico have charged the son of a former governor in a crime-wracked western state with withholding evidence about a video that purportedly shows the son meeting with a leader of a drug cartel.
A statement Sunday from the Attorney General's Office says Rodrigo Vallejo has been charged with the "crime of concealment from a district judge." The statement says Vallejo refused to testify Friday about the video.
In the video made public last week, Vallejo sits with a man identified as Servando Gomez, the alleged leader of the Knights Templar cartel based in Michoacan state.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Vallejo's father is former Michoacan Gov. Fausto Vallejo, who resigned the post in January, citing ill health. Federal authorities have taken control of security in the state.