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Lozoya Has One Week To Finish Building His Case

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Thu, 12/09/2021 - 17:55

Former PEMEX director Emilio Lozoya and his legal defense team have been given a December 17 extension to finish all research and negotiation proceedings before one of the two cases against him proceeds to a trial phase, reports Animal Político. The case in question concerns the purchase of the Agronitrogenados plant. Lozoya’s lawyers also requested a month-long extension for the other case against the former director of the NOC, which concerns Lozoya allegedly accepting bribes from Odebrecht, but the judge denied that extension and demanded all pertinent filings be completed by December 13. 

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