Sansores integrates Lavalle, who was imprisoned by Odebrecht, into the Cabinet

“We will work as a team for the good of Campeche. I wish you much success in this fundamental task!” Sansores wrote on social networks. The message was accompanied by a photograph with the new Cabinet member.

The expanist replaces Fernando Humberto Gamboa Rosas in the state’s Secretariat of Economic Development.

Lavalle Maury was arrested on March 9, 2021 after he went to the North Prison to present an element of evidence during his initial hearing. On April 13 of that same year, the former senator was linked to proceedings for the crimes of money laundering, bribery and criminal association.

The accusations against Lavalle derived from the complaint filed by Lozoya, who accused current and former officials of corruption in the Odebrecht case.

In the complaint, the former director of Pemex accused former presidents Carlos Salinas, Felipe Calderón and Enrique Peña Nieto, as well as former presidential candidates José Antonio Meade and Ricardo Anaya, of being involved in Odebrecht’s operations in Mexico and the alleged delivery of bribes to endorse the energy reform.

Lavalle was the first and only politician prosecuted for the investigations derived from the complaint filed by the former director of Pemex.

The former director of Pemex accused Lavalle of being one of the senators who received bribes from the construction company Odebrecht for the purpose of approving structural reforms, particularly energy reforms.

Although Lozoya did not specify the amount of the alleged bribe in the complaint, a former collaborator of Lavalle, Rafael Caraveo, former technical secretary of the Senate Administration Commission, accused the former legislator of receiving at least 25 million pesos.

In September 2022, a federal judge revoked the justified preventive detention that had been imposed on Jorge Luis Lavalle Maury.

Lozoya’s case fell after he could not prove any of his claims.