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Carlos Ahumada Kurtz (born in 1964 in Córdoba , Argentina ) is a Mexican businessman owner of Grupo Quart , a newspaper ('' El Independiente '') and two football clubs ( Santos Laguna and León ) in Mexico who was convicted for corruption-related crimes in Mexico City in 2004.

Ahumada Kurtz moved to Mexico at the age of 11 on October 6 , 1975 ''¿Quién es Carlos Ahumada?'' March 3, 2004. Retrieved on February 17, 2006 from eluniversal.com.mx with his mother and brother Pablo and in 1991 acquired Mexican citizenship.


GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS

In 1990 he fled the country when the company owned by his brother . Two years later he founded his company Grupo Quart. His company obtained a contract in 1994 to build two Overpass es for the city of Acapulco . That same year he was imprisoned for 29 days for generic fraud.

He also obtained contracts for paving streets for the government of the of the same year ''Denuncia Ahumada extorsión de GDF'' March 3, 2004. Retrieved on February 17, 2006 from terra.com.mx .


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On , another PRD politician. When it was discovered the faceless person in the video was Ahumada, he declared that public servants of the government of the Federal District had been blackmailing him since at least the previous year ''Denuncia Ahumada extorsión de GDF'' March 3, 2004. Retrieved on February 17, 2006 from terra.com.mx .

Another video made public in the evening of March 3 showed a conversation between Ahumada and Bejarano where the first complaints about non-payments by the Federal District government to Quart. Bejarano then promises to speak woth López Obrador about the issue and to remind him that Ahumada has financed the campaigns of several PRD members ''Video revela ayuda de Bejarano a Ahumada'' March 3, 2004. Retrieved on February 17, 2004 from terra.com.mx .
This incident and another video of similar content were labeled '' Videoscandals '' by the press. Carlos Ahumada then flew to Havana , Cuba entering the country on February 27 with a Mexican passport. Days later, on March 12 Interpol notified the Government Of Cuba that Ahumada is being required in Mexico to respond to criminal charges, he was detained on March 30. The Government Of Mexico through its ambassador in Cuba, Roberta Lajous , initiated the process of extradition the next day and on April 28 of the same year Ahumada was deported to Mexico City where he remains imprisoned.

Bejarano renounced to his membership to the PRD ''Renuncia Bejarano a militancia del PRD'' March 3, 2004. Retrieved on February 17, 2004 from terra.com.mx the same day the videos were made public and was controversially freed on bail in 2005 ''Nueva fase en caso del empresario Carlos Ahumada'' April 28, 2004. Retrieved on February 17, 2006 from tvazteca.com . Rosario Robles, whose trip to Cuba helped locate Ahumada, renounced her party, the PRD. Carlos Imaz , borough mayor of Tlalpan , and Octavio Flores , borough mayor of Gustavo A. Madero renounced to their positions in government, they were also members of the PRD.


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