Overview

• The FGR officially launched a criminal investigation into Enrique Peña Nieto over claims that Israeli businessmen Uri Ansbacher and Avishai Neriah paid him $25 million for Pegasus contracts
• Attorney General Alejandro Gertz Manero announced a formal request for documentation from Israeli authorities to substantiate the reported bribe
• Peña Nieto has denied the allegations, calling the reports false and malicious and refusing to provide supporting evidence
• Mexicanos Contra la Corrupción y la Impunidad revealed that in July 2018 a $4.2 million contract was awarded to Air Cap SA de CV just months before Peña Nieto left office
• The SAT classified Air Cap as a phantom company lacking assets, personnel and material capacity, deepening scrutiny of opaque Pegasus procurement