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Is Santiago Nieto going after Luis Videgaray?

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Luis Videgaray was Finance and Foreign minister during the Peña Nieto administration - Photo: File Photo/Xinhua
05/12/2019 |11:29
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Is Santiago Nieto going after Luis Videgaray?

It seems like the Financial Intelligence Unit ( UIF ) is not after former Foreign Minister . We've been told that Santiago Nieto 's team is focusing on drug trafficking . The UIF started 2019 by working on fuel theft , then focused on human trafficking , corruption , shell companies , and fake invoices . Right now, the until is focusing on blocking assets linked to criminal organizations , which are calculated at MXN $1,000 million. On Tuesday, Santiago ordered the blockade of bank accounts owned by 122 people linked to the Jalisco Nueva Generación, Sinaloa, Unión Tepito , and the Zetas cartel s. So despite the rumors, we've been told Videgaray can sleep in peace.

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