Óscar Espinosa Villarreal (born 23 November 1953) is a Mexican former politician who served as the last Regent of Mexico City from 1994 to 1997 and Mexico's Secretary of Tourism from 1997 to 2000. In March 2000, he was accused of embezzling 420 million pesos from the city treasury by approving large financial transfers to an aide. In August, he resigned as Secretary of Tourism and disappeared. In November, he fled to Nicaragua seeking political asylum. However, he was extradited back to Mexico in August 2001. In 2005, he was sentenced to prison for 7½ years for embezzlement, as well as misuse of public funds as Secretary of Tourism.
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