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FGR Pursues Case Against Another PEMEX Ex-Director

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Thu, 08/26/2021 - 16:33

Former PEMEX Director Carlos Treviño has been accused by FGR of receiving bribes in exchange for contracts between the NOC and Braskem, a subsidiary of Brazilian conglomerate Odebrecht. Treviño was called to testify this week at a preliminary hearing to address these charges made by fellow former PEMEX Director and current collaborating witness Emilio Lozoya. In an interview with Milenio, Treviño claims that he never even met Lozoya and that these accusations are merely an attempt from Lozoya to “smear whoever he can so that he can save himself.” Treviño was the third and last PEMEX Director of the Peña Nieto administration, following both Lozoya and José Antonio González Anaya, serving from November 2017 to November 2018. 

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