Spain Court Approves Extradition of Former Pemex Boss to Mexico
Spain's National Administrative Tribunal agreed on Monday to
extradite Emilio Lozoya, former chief executive of oil company Petroleos
Mexicanos, to Mexico, the court said in a statement.
Lozoya, 45, is wanted in Mexico on charges including bribery
and money laundering in cases involving Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht
SA as well as a Mexican fertilizer firm. He denies any wrongdoing.
Lozoya, who ran the company better known as Pemex between
2012 and 2016 and was once a close confidant of former President Enrique Peña
Nieto, had already agreed to be extradited, Mexican Attorney General Alejandro
Gertz said last week.
Lozoya was arrested in the Spanish city of Malaga in
February, months after fleeing Mexico.
The cases against him raised questions about how much others
in the previous administration in Mexico knew about his actions, and the
extradition is widely expected to boost Pena Nieto's successor, Andres Manuel
Lopez Obrador, in his contention that he is serious about cracking down on
corruption.
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