Former Mexican president Peña Nieto was filmed wearing a kippah at a Jewish wedding in Italy, seated beside Avishai Neriah, the Israeli businessman an outlet accused of channeling $25M to him for Mexican government contracts, including Pegasus.
The $5.8 million is a first slice of a $578.5 million U.S. judgment against funds the UIF traced through Barbados shell firms like Nunvav on inflated prison contracts.
Two former aides of the PRI leader were just arrested as the case, involving over 83 million pesos in alleged diversions, has stalled in the Chamber of Deputies since 2022.
Salinas Pliego paid Black Cube, a firm of Israeli ex-agents, £1.1M to pose as oil executives and trap his rival’s lawyer into leaking case secrets over drinks.
Ruffo Appel is among 25 facing warrants; the ring moved Texas fuel by rail, declaring 10% of each tank car and costing the treasury over 4 billion pesos.
Our country’s history is a recurring one of officials illegally enriching themselves while in office, who, in addition to remaining unpunished, almost always maintain the wealth that was the product of the public resources they plundered.
Alejandro Martínez Araiza, General Secretary of the National Food and Commerce Union has spent 295 days today in blatant defiance of Federal Labor Law.
Mexico negotiated a complete tax exemption for FIFA during Enrique Peña Nieto’s presidency (unlike agreements reached by Canada & the US) and a substantial commitment of public investment.
Such cases are not rare for the corrupt American institution, which portrays itself as waging some sort of Drug War, but in reality operates as a critical management link between drug traffickers and the US security state.
Mexico’s consumer protection agency has not sanctioned a real estate company since 2020 & the consequences in Puebla, where real estate fraud runs rampant, are obvious and dire.