Mexico Seeks to Arrest Ex-Pemex CEO Amid Corruption Probe
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Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s anti-corruption campaign has claimed its highest-profile target yet: the former head of national oil company Petroleos Mexicanos.
A judge issued an arrest warrant for former Pemex Chief Executive Officer Emilio Lozoya, state news agency Notimex reported Tuesday. The arrest comes after the president’s financial crimes chief, Santiago Nieto, announced that his agency had frozen the bank accounts of Lozoya and the steel company Altos Hornos de Mexico SA as part of a corruption probe.