MEXICO CITY.- For the Odebrecht and Agro Nitrogenados cases, the Attorney General’s Office (FGR) jointly requested, 54 years in prison against the former director of Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), Emilio Lozoya Austin, imprisoned in the North Prison for the crimes of operations with resources of illicit origin, bribery, as well as criminal association.
The FGR made a formal complaint against Lozoya last Thursday, but now in the case Agro Nitrogenized, and asked Judge José Artemio Zúñiga, of the Federal Criminal Justice Center of the North Prison, a sentence of 15 years in prison plus a 5,000-day fine for the crime of operations with resources of illicit origin, according to judicial sources.
In addition, the Federal Public Ministry (MPF) asked the judge to seize the former director of Pemex the residence located in Lomas de Bezares, which apparently was acquired with the bribes that the owner of the steel company Altos Hornos de México (AHMSA), Alonso Ancira Elizondo, gave him for the purchase of the scrap plant Agro Nitrogenados.
The social representation of the Federation raised a 39-year prison sentence against Emilio Lozoya last Monday, for his alleged responsibility in the crimes of operations with resources of illicit origin, bribery and criminal association for the bribes of the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht.
In addition, he requested 15 years in prison for operations with resources of illicit origin; 14, for bribery, and 10 more, for criminal association, according to information in the submission.
Similarly, the Attorney General’s Office also requested a 21-year prison sentence against Gilda Margarita Austin Solís, mother of Emilio Lozoya, accused of the crimes of operations with resources of illicit origin and criminal association, in the Odebrecht case.
Pending from the prosecution
The FGR has pending to prosecute the wife of Emilio Lozoya Austin, Marielle Helene Eckes; his sister Gilda Susana Lozoya, as well as the businesswoman Nelly Maritza Aguilera Concha, for being involved in the Odebrecht case.
The three are wanted by the Mexican courts, for their alleged complicity in the transfer of bribes of more than 10 million dollars that Emilio Lozoya received from the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht, between 2010 and 2014, in exchange for public works contracts during the administration of the former president Enrique Peña Nieto.
In this regard, FGR personnel continue investigating and tracking to locate Emilio Lozoya’s wife and sister, as well as Nelly Maritza Aguilera, to complete the arrest warrants in force, institution officials reported.
In July 2019, a federal judge issued arrest warrants against Eckes, Lozoya and Aguilera, for the crimes of operations with resources of illicit origin and criminal association, which are still in force, in addition to the fact that Interpol issued a file for their search and location in more than 190 countries.
Emilio Lozoya Austin, a prisoner in the North Prison, requested in August 2020 the FGR to withdraw the criminal action against his wife and sister; however, it was not accepted, so the accusations remain in force.
According to the investigations, the Financial Intelligence Unit (UIF) of the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP) documented bank transfers that companies linked to the former director of Pemex made to companies and sale operations linked to his mother Gilda Margarita Austin Solís, Gilda Lozoya, Marielle Helene Eckes and Nelly Maritza Aguilera Concha.
In the case of Marielle Helene Eckes, the Attorney General’s Office accuses her of receiving in her bank accounts part of the bribes from Odebrecht delivered to her husband Emilio Lozoya, and it is presumed that with that money she acquired a residence in Ixtapa Zihuatanejo, Guerrero , for 1.9 million dollars.
Likewise, he is charged with tax fraud for allegedly not paying taxes, for 909 thousand 400 million pesos, despite the fact that he obtained income for 3 million 184 thousand 200 pesos, in fiscal year 2013.
Marielle Helene Eckes is presumed to be in Germany, the European country from which she is originally. In February of last year, she requested an amparo to avoid being arrested, but the judge did not grant her the provisional suspension because she did not ask for it.
Meanwhile, the FGR accused that Gilda Susana Lozoya Austin benefited from his brother’s bribes, by receiving 3.1 million dollars that the Innovation Research company, linked to Odebrecht, transferred to Latin America Asia Capital Holding LTD, of which he was shareholder and beneficiary, between April and June 2012.
Likewise, the businesswoman Nelly Maritza Aguilera Concha is accused of receiving 1.2 million dollars in a bank account in her name from the Montreal Financial Institution, Canada, in August 2013.
Said money would have been used to purchase the residence in Ixtapa Zihuatanejo that Aguilera Concha allegedly sold to the wife of Emilio Lozoya Austin, for a value of one million 900 thousand dollars.
Add 15 years for scrap plant
The Attorney General’s Office (FGR) requested on Thursday a formal complaint against Lozoya, but for the Agro Nitrogenados case.
– 5 thousand days’ fine, in addition to jail time, the FGR requested against Emilio Lozoya for the Agro Nitrogenados case.
– 1 residence, located in Lomas de Bezares, would also be confiscated from the former federal official.
– 39 years in jail requested by the Attorney General against Lozoya Austin, but for the Odebrecht case.
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