Spanish justice authorizes extradition of former Pemex boss to Mexico

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This is news that will certainly delight Mexican justice and that could cause fear of the worst for former President Enrique Peña Nieto. This Monday, the National Audience, the highest judicial body in Spain, gave its green for the extradition of Emilio Lozoya, the former boss of Pemex, the oil company which belongs to the Mexican state, accused of corruption.

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Mexican justice has been singled out for many months for its laxity in the Odebrecht case . Now with the green light from Spanish justice for the extradition of Emilio Lozoya, she will finally be able to move forward a sprawling case, as Estafania Medina, co-founder of the group of Mexican lawyers against corruption explains: “  For us, this extradition is very important because he is the first person from the upper echelons to be implicated in this case. This man was wanted for corruption, for having used money obtained from money laundering and also for criminal association.  "

Emilio Lozoya says he is ready to collaborate with justice to shed light. News that reassures NGOs that fight against impunity and corruption in Mexico, but that risks worrying former president Enrique Peña Nieto.

Emilio Lozoya was partly in charge of his campaign for the 2012 presidential election and he could well lead the former president to fall. For now, justice seems to want to favor another case, before delving into the Odebrecht case .

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• Mexico
• Corruption
• Spain
• Enrique Pena Nieto
• Justice

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