Odebrecht: Emilio Lozoya is charged with criminal association, illegal transactions, and bribery

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The Attorney General's Office charged Emilio Lozoya , the former Pemex director , with three crimes, after he was investigated for his involvement in the Odebrecht case: criminal association , transactions involving illegally-sourced funds , and bribery .

After Lozoya was charged, a judge issued an arrest warrant against the former Pemex official on July 4, as well as his wife, Marielle Helene Eckes ; his sister, Gilda Lozoya , and Nelly Maritza Aguilera Concha .

The Attorney General's Office states that Lozoya's wife acquired a home in Ixtapa Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, and paid Aguilera Conch a USD $1,900,000; the sum is allegedly a bribe businessman Alonso Ancira paid Lozoya .

Lozoya

filed a writ of amparo against this arrest warrant . The Amparo Judge gave the other judge 48 hours to explain why he issued the arrest warrant .

Currently, Lozoya has a provisional suspension against this arrest warrant .

Agronitrogenados

In regards to the Agronitrogenados case, Lozoya's lawyer claims that he filed 14 proofs in favor of his client before the Mexico City judge.

The lawyer explained that AHMSA , owned by Alonso Ancira , hired Lozoya's company to carry out technical and financial studies because AHMSA intended to participate in a tender for the construction of the Interurban Train .

The lawyer also presented two contracts signed, on March and October 2012, by Luis Zamudio Miechielsen , the general director at AHMSA and Emilio Lozoya .

Furthermore, the lawyer presented a presidential agreement , where former President Enrique Peña Nieto acknowledged the purchase of the Agronitrogenados fertilizer plant .

U.S. authorities are investigating former President Peña Nieto for bribery

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