The Mexican Prosecutor's Office investigates former President Enrique Peña Nieto for three cases of corruption

The Attorney General's Office (FGR) reported on Tuesday that it is investigating the former president of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto (2012-2018), for at least three cases of corruption for crimes such as illicit enrichment, money laundering and electoral crimes.

Thomas Osborne
Thomas Osborne
03 August 2022 Wednesday 06:48
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The Mexican Prosecutor's Office investigates former President Enrique Peña Nieto for three cases of corruption

The Attorney General's Office (FGR) reported on Tuesday that it is investigating the former president of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto (2012-2018), for at least three cases of corruption for crimes such as illicit enrichment, money laundering and electoral crimes. . "At this time, the FGR is developing investigation procedures in various folders for federal crimes, against Enrique 'P'," the Prosecutor's Office said in a brief statement.

According to the information, the FGR opened an investigation folder for various complaints in which the Spanish company OHL is involved, both in electoral and property crimes. "In this investigation, the advances will allow prosecutions in the coming months," the text abounded.

The second case corresponds to the complaint made known by the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) at the beginning of July regarding possible money laundering "and illegal international transfers, all of which require expert tax and tax reports, which have already been requested, while various pieces of evidence essential for the prosecution of the case are obtained".

In addition, he specified that there is an investigation folder for illicit enrichment, in which the fiscal and patrimonial opinions are being released through the corresponding institutions and specialized experts in the matter. "As procedural results are obtained, in which the public versions authorized by law can be given, this will be done immediately," the agency said.

On July 7, the FIU in charge of Pablo Gómez, revealed that the Mexican FGR had opened an investigation against former President Enrique Peña Nieto for possible "operations with resources of illicit origin" for an amount of more than 26 million pesos ( about $1.25 million).

The transfers were made in three moments: one for 16 million pesos (almost 760,000 euros) on August 21, 2019, in addition to two for five million pesos each (more than 237,000 euros) on October 20 and 29 October 2021. The FIU began the investigation based on these transfers made in October of last year.

According to Gómez, the former president's family withdrew a total of 189 million pesos in cash (8.9 million euros) and deposits of 47 million pesos (2.2 million euros) between 2013 and 2022, money of which is unknown. the fountain.