The FGR accuses Lozoya of money laundering and bribery and requests a reparation of the damage of 1 million 385,000 dollars for the first offense; 5 million 951,000 dollars for the second and 7.3 million dollars for the Odebrecht case.
At the hearing, the judge approved five pieces of evidence against Lozoya for the FGR and the former official’s defense, headed by lawyer Miguel Ontiveros, approved that 20 people testify in his favor and present eight additional pieces of evidence.
Arriving at the hearing, Lozoya’s lawyer and defense attorney, Miguel ontiveros alonsoannounced that the former director of Pemex would offer the authorities more than 200 million pesos to sign the agreement to repair the damage in the Odebrecht case.
Ontiveros Alonso insisted before the media that during the hearing on Monday the 13th they would request that the damage be repaired.
Lozoya’s hearing began last Friday, March 10, and took place for more than seven hours, but it was postponed for follow-up until this Monday at 2:00 p.m., Mexico City time.
On Friday, during Lozoya’s appearance before the prison judge of the North Prison, the judge ruled out three fundamental pieces of evidence from the FGR related to information from bank accounts in tax havens in Switzerland of the former director of the Mexican oil company, considering that the secret was violated. banking.
With this payment, Lozoya and his legal team sought to adhere to a criterion of opportunity and avoid criminal charges for money laundering, bribery and criminal association in a trial and a minimum prison sentence that the FGR would request.
Emilio Lozoya is still under trial for two charges of corruption. One, regarding the overpriced acquisition of the Agronitrogenados plant, which was acquired from businessman Alonso Ancira, owner of Altos Hornos de México, and for which it is presumed that he received bribes.
He also has the measure of preventive detention in the process that is being followed for allegedly having received at least 10.5 million dollars in bribes from the Brazilian company Odebrecht, when he was part of Enrique Peña Nieto’s campaign team and later during his presidency. between the years 2012-2018.
