On August 7, President Claudia Sheinbaum sent the appointments of both officials to the Congress of the Union, who arrive at their new positions after, at the beginning of March, the then former Subsecretary of the Treasury, Édgar Amador Zamora, took possession as head of the agency, and Pablo Gómez, former union of the FIU, suddenly assumed a new role in the public administration. of the Presidential Commission for Electoral Reform.
The two reach their new positions in a context in which the federal government has the purpose of financially rescuing Pemex and the delivery of the 2026 economic package on September 8.
They also have the evaluation at the door of the anti -savage laws and terrorist financing of the International Financial Action Group (GAFI); the recent denomination of drug cartels as terrorist groups by the United States; The accusation of money laundering by the US of three Mexican financial institutions, and a newly renovated Federal Law for the Prevention and Identification of Operations with Resources of Illicit Origin (Antilavado Law), which gives more teeth to the FIU to combat this crime.
In his appearance to be ratified in his new position, Bonilla Rodríguez explained to legislators:
Here what is being sought is a correct balance between the liabilities that Pemex has, and the assets that it can incorporate or that can develop towards the future. The company had a very high level of indebtedness and for that reason since the past administration, what was decided was to begin to gradually reduce this load. Today what we are looking for with the strategy that was presented a few weeks ago is to optimize the balance of the public sector
Bonilla is a key piece in the 2025-2035 Strategic Plan of the oil company, in its position prior to the Undersecretariat, as head of the Public Credit Unit and International Affairs designed the debt issuance operation to support Pemex, through precapitalized funds. After the operation, Fitch Ratings uploaded the credit rating of the BBB oil company with a stable perspective.
As part of this plan, the Treasury already announced two actions: operations to reduce the financial cost of Pemex’s debt, and the creation of an investment fund for infrastructure projects for 250,000 million pesos, together with banobras.
And a new action is on its way, said the new Undersecretary: “There will be a third measure that I cannot advance, that it will be announced at the time, which also has to do with the amortizations of the market debt. And that is why, both the secretary of the Treasury, and the president of the Republic were very vocal in saying that this strategy will generate a wisdom”, said the second woman who occupies this position that occupies this position, after this position that occupies this position, after this position He will perform in this position from September 2016 to November 2018, during the government of Enrique Peña Nieto.
Against money laundering
Meanwhile, with extensive experience in the field of security and intelligence, Reyes Colmenares arrives at the FIU, an institution that has the tasks of implementing and monitoring mechanisms for prevention and detection of acts, omissions or operations, which could favor, provide help, help or cooperation of any species for operations with resources of illicit origin (money laundering) and financing to terrorism.
Over more than 20 years, this public servant has collaborated with the Attorney General’s Office, the Federal Police and Interpol Mexico to the current Ministry of Security and Citizen Protection.
“This scaffolding has allowed me to build an integral mining company on the threats facing the Mexican State and allowed me to coordinate high impact investigations against organized crime networks that operated with complex financial schemes to hide illicit profits,” he explained to legislators in appearance.
The official has international experience in cooperation with United States agencies and multilateral organizations, this allows him to master the mechanisms for the exchange of international information and assistance that are essential for the Act of the FIU.
My commitment is to enhance each of the FIIF functions with technology, inter -institutional cooperation and a strategic vision, so that the FIU is a pillar of the Mexican financial system and a reliable partner in the national security strategy
Omar Reyes Colmenares, before legislators.
He explained that his experience will help fulfill the essential functions of the FIU to safeguard the stability of the Mexican financial system and public finances through mechanisms such as reception, analysis and dissemination of reports of unusual operations and notices from financial and non -financial entities.
