A former boss of Mexican state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos faces an initial court hearing on Friday, an official said, as he lands in Mexico from Spain to answer corruption charges that could engulf leaders of the last government.
FILE PHOTO: Former chief executive of Mexico's state oil firm Pemex, Emilio Lozoya, is escorted by Spanish police officers as he leaves a court after appeared in Spain's High Court via video conference after his detention in southern Spain on Wednesday, in Marbella, Spain February 13, 2020. REUTERS/Jon Nazca/File Photo
The jet later arrived in Canada’s Gander airport before heading for Mexico City, a second Mexican official said. “This voluntary extradition is going to do a lot to help purify public life, to clean up corruption in the country,” Lopez Obrador told a news conference on Thursday. Prosecutors allege that while at Pemex, Lozoya spent some $450 million renovating and acquiring an out-of-service fertilizer plant from Altos Hornos de Mexico.Lozoya, who was arrested in the southern Spanish city of Malaga in February, has denied any wrongdoing.
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