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Mexico’s Financial Intelligence Unit freezes 14 bank accounts linked to Emilio Lozoya

The anti-corruption czar said Emilio Lozoya is involved in at least two more corruption cases

Emilio Lozoya is facing an extradition process in Spain, where he had been hiding for a while - Photo: Jorge Guerrero/AFP
20/02/2020 |13:34Horacio Jiménez y Carina García |
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Santiago Nieto

, the head of the Financial Intelligence Unit ( UIF ), revealed that the government department has frozen 14 bank accounts owned by people linked to the accused of bribery , money laundering , and fraud and who was recently arrested in

In an interview, Santiago Nieto explained that these 14 bank accounts are liked to illegal financial operations linked to two prominent corruption cases: Odebrecht and Altos Hornos de Mexico .

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Moreover, Nieto said several other officials from the Peña Nieto administration are involved in the Odebrecht case and that they are being investigated but refused to reveal more information.

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added that authorities have filed four lawsuits against and that there are other 2 pending investigations linked to a shipyard in Spain and another illicit acquisition when he was at the head of Pemex .

The anti-corruption czar said the two pending investigations will end soon and that all the information will be sent to the A ttorney General’s Office so that it takes legal action for these other two cases.

was recently arrested by Spanish authorities in a luxurious villa , where he had been hiding after being accused of orchestrating massive schemes at Pemex .

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