AMLO Cites Segalmex Fraud as ‘Stain’ of Presidency
The 9.5 billion peso Segalmex embezzlement surpassed that of the controversial 7 billion peso “Master Fraud” case seen under AMLO’s predecessor President Enrique Piña Nieto
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Ecuador Countersues Mexico in International Court of Justice
Ecuador’s suit alleges that Mexico failed to comply with international diplomatic rules, violating anti-corruption conventions and interfering in Ecuador’s internal state affairs.
Read moreSegalmex Boss Allegedly Requested 120 Million Peso ‘Tithes’
René Gavira Segreste’s demands also purportedly included property in the United States and tickets to NFL games
Read moreFGR Reactivates Arrest Warrants Against García Luna and Accomplices
The Attorney General of the Republic announced the warrants correspond to García Luna and his conspirators’ alleged role in trafficking weapons into Mexico, as well as embezzlement related to contracts and construction of the nation’s prison system
Read moreInside Segalmex’s 15 Billion-Peso Embezzlement Scandal
While founded with the positive intention of supplying low-income Mexican families with affordable food resources, Segalmex soon became embroiled in scandal
Read moreTwo Former Mancera Officials Arrested for Alleged Espionage
Two former top-level officials who reported to then-Mexico City Governor and now Senator Miguel Ángel Mancera were arrested for alleged espionage
Read morePemex Officials under Investigation for Bribery, Embezzlement
By KELIN DILLON On Wednesday, Sept. 28, it came to light that three officials from Mexico’s state-owned oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) were reported to the Secretariat of Public Administration (SFP) and Attorney General of the Republic (FGR) for allegedly accepting bribes in exchange for valuable contracts, favoring certain suppliers over others, and putting the overall quality of Mexican gasoline
Read moreHead of PRI Alejandro ‘Alito’ Moreno Could Lose Immunity Protection
PULSE NEWS MEXICO The Prosecutor’s Office of the Mexican Caribbean state of Campeche asked the Federal Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday, Aug. 16, to begin the process to remove the criminal immunity of centralist Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) leader and Federal Deputy Alejandro “Alito” Moreno because he is currently being investigated for alleged illicit enrichment, embezzlement and improper use of
Read moreAMLO Names Leticia Ramírez as New Public Education Head
By MARK LORENZANA After heaping praise on Delfina Gómez Álvarez for her tenure as head of Mexico’s Secretariat of Public Education (SEP), Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) in his daily morning press conference on Monday, Aug. 15, officially announced the appointment of Leticia Ramírez to take over the leadership of the SEP. López Obrador assured the audience at the
Read moreJudge Orders House Arrest for Former Nuevo León Governor
By MARK LORENZANA Mexican Judge Bárbara Melissa Gómez on Saturday, June 11, removed former Nuevo León governor and presidential candidate Jaime “El Bronco” Rodríguez Calderón from preventive detention and placed him under house arrest. Rodríguez Calderón will now face the two current criminal proceedings against him at home and will not be brought back to the prison in Apodaca, Nuevo
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