▲ A few days ago, the defense of Emilio Lozoya obtained an injunction that allowed a judge to order his release to carry out his trial in freedom. This measure covered the process of the Agronitrogenados case, but this Wednesday the same could happen with an appeal filed for bribes related to Odebrecht.Photo from Grupo Cobra Agronitrogenated Plant website
Dora Villanueva
Newspaper La Jornada
Wednesday, January 26, 2022, p. 3
In the same way that it did with the ruling related to Agronitrogenados, the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, filed an amparo against the decision of a unitary court, regarding the preventive detention of Emilio Lozoya , former director of Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), but now for the Odebrecht case. He explained that although said revocation is only for the effect that a judge dictates a new resolution; the FIU requests the suspension by way of amparo. Hours before it was announced that a unitary court ruled that the preventive detention of Lozoya for the Odebrecht case was not duly justified, so a new hearing must be held in which said precautionary measure is reviewed.
The last word rests with the judge who mediates in said hearing, but if Lozoya’s immediate release materializes, it would be the second setback for the Mexican authorities who seek to charge him with two of the most mediatic cases of corruption during the past six-year term: the purchase of the Agronitrogen plant by Pemex and a series of bribes by the Brazilian firm Odebrecht in exchange for public works.
Not more than four days ago, the FIU reported that it filed an amparo against the decision also of a unitary court that automatically decided to remove Emilio Lozoya from preventive detention for the case of the sale of Agronitrogenados, without a new hearing. as is expected in the Odebrecht case.
