Overview

• Mexico’s anticorruption office said five Pemex audits tied to the case are being reopened due to indications they were improperly altered, with fresh reviews to inform sanctions and recovery efforts.
• Three former Pemex officials identified as Roberto P, Juan V and Erick N are under investigation for allegedly taking payments to award contracts, release advance or non‑existent service payments, or manipulate audits.
• Authorities requested information on 16 people reportedly involved in the delivery of the questioned contracts as Mexican agencies coordinate information‑sharing with U.S. counterparts.
• Four contracts totaling about 390 million pesos are under scrutiny: two awarded during Enrique Peña Nieto’s term (217 million and 89.1 million pesos), one ended early (30.9 million), and one never formalized in 2020 (52.9 million).
• The DOJ filed the case on August 11 in a Texas federal court under the FCPA, naming residents Ramón Alexandro Rovirosa Martínez and Mario Alberto Ávila Lizárraga plus seven companies; Rovirosa is detained in the U.S. and Ávila is a fugitive.