Tag: Enrique Peña Nieto

• Friday, August 14th 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  Mexican prosecution opens corruption investigation against ex-president Peña Nieto and ex minister Luis Videgaray

  

  Prosecutors in Mexico have opened a corruption investigation against former President Enrique Peña Nieto. It comes after Emilio Lozoya, the ex-head of the state energy firm, accused Peña Nieto of taking millions of dollars in bribes and bribing MPs.

• Thursday, July 23rd 2020 - 06:47 UTC

  Luxury presidential 787 Dreamline back in Mexico, following a failed sale

  

  The luxury presidential jet Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador wants to sell returned on Wednesday to Mexico, more than a year and a half after he sent it to the United States in search of a buyer.

• Friday, February 14th 2020 - 08:40 UTC

  Ex head of Mexican oil firm Pemex arrested in Spain on corruption charges

  

  Spanish police this week arrested Emilio Lozoya, the former chief executive of Mexico’s state oil firm Pemex, giving President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador his first high-profile win in his government’s anti-corruption drive.

• Thursday, January 16th 2020 - 07:00 UTC

  Lopez Obrador admits no buyers for the US$ 130 million presidential plane

  

  Mexico’s president said admitted the government has so far failed to sell his predecessor’s luxury US$ 130 million plane that he has slammed as a trapping of power and opulence of an out-of-touch ruling elite.

• Thursday, September 5th 2019 - 09:20 UTC

  Lopez Obrador prepared to go after his (corrupt) predecessors and their administrations

  

  Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said the public should have the right to choose whether ex-presidents should face trial once a bill has passed Congress making it easier to hold referendums.

• Thursday, June 13th 2019 - 09:29 UTC

  Mexico presidency sells its fleet of planes to help finance curbing migration in the south of the country

  

  Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday that the sale of the former presidential jet and other aircraft from the last government would help fund efforts to curb migration under a deal struck last week with Washington.

• Saturday, December 1st 2018 - 22:44 UTC

  Mexico, US, Canada sign Buenos Aires treaty to replace NAFTA

  

  The presidents of the United States and of Mexico and Canada's Prime Minister signed Friday in Buenos Aires the new North American trade agreement, known as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which is to replace the NAFTA one.

• Tuesday, October 2nd 2018 - 08:57 UTC

  Trump hails the launching of the United States/Mexico/Canada trade agreement

  

  After 14 months of talks between the United States and its closest allies, President Donald Trump celebrated the United States Mexico Canada Agreement, or USMCA, a new trade agreement that is poised to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA.

• Monday, August 13th 2018 - 06:38 UTC

  Mexican incoming president pledges drastic cuts in privileges and personal security

  

  Mexican president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he will abandon the secret service-style protection used by his predecessor in favor of a security detail of 20 unarmed men and women, including lawyers, doctors and engineers.

• Monday, July 2nd 2018 - 07:28 UTC

  Landslide win for México's Lopez Obrador who pledged battle the 'mafia of power'; Trump congratulates

  

  Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador, who rallied voters with his battle cry against corruption and promises to the poor, won a resounding victory Sunday night in Mexico’s presidential election, after the concession of his two top rivals. The victory makes him the first left-oriented president since Mexico began its transition to democracy more than 30 years ago.