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Weekly Report - 13 August 2020 (WR-20-32)
MEXICO: Eyes turn to Peña Nieto as Lozoya starts to ‘sing’
The former CEO of Mexico’s state-owned oil firm Pemex, Emilio Lozoya Austin (2012-2016), who is currently being prosecuted in Mexico in relation to the bribery scheme centred around Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht, has directly implicated former president Enrique Peña Nieto (2012-2018) in the scheme for the first time. Lozoya’s court testimony could lead to Peña Nieto having to face the ignominy of becoming the first former president in Mexico’s history to have to appear in court and potentially even be convicted of corruption. This is providing the government led by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador with a welcome distraction from the scrutiny it has faced over the high death toll that the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic is inflicting on Mexico.
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