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Mexico Manages U.S. Banking Accusations While Advancing Anti-Extortion and Corruption Probes

Unveiling a five-pronged anti-extortion plan, the administration has launched graft investigations into a federal deputy alongside a new probe of former President Peña Nieto.

Ovidio Guzmán López llegó a un acuerdo con el Departamento de Justicia de Estados Unidos
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Espera FGR deportación de Chávez Junior: Gertz Manero | Crédito: Presidencia
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Overview

  • The U.S. Treasury accused three Mexican financial firms—CIBanco, Intercam and Vector Casa de Bolsa—of laundering money for organized crime, triggering diplomatic resistance from Mexico.
  • Senate President Gerardo Fernández Noroña declined to summon finance ministry and banking regulator heads to testify over the U.S. allegations, citing a lack of domestic evidence.
  • Attorney General Alejandro Gertz Manero’s office opened a corruption investigation into federal deputy Julio Scherer Pareyón over the Nogales bypass concession.
  • A new investigation targets former President Enrique Peña Nieto for an alleged Pegasus spyware bribery scheme after fresh evidence prompted FGR action.
  • President Claudia Sheinbaum and Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch introduced a National Anti-Extortion Strategy focused on intelligence-led arrests, local units, victim support protocols, crisis training and a prevention campaign.
  • Ovidio Guzmán López formally pled guilty in Chicago, leading U.S. prosecutors to drop New York narcotics charges in exchange for potential cooperation on Sinaloa Cartel networks.