MEXICO CITY — In some of the most explosive accusations in recent Mexican political history, the former head of the state-owned oil company directly accused former President Enrique Peña Nieto and his treasury secretary of steering kickbacks and embezzlement directly from the president’s office.
Emilio Lozoya, the former head of Petroleos Mexicanos, who himself faces corruption charges, alleges Peña Nieto and Luis Videgaray used the state-owned Pemex as a conduit to “fulfill promises made during the (2012) campaign”—one of many assertions in a leaked 60-page document whose authenticity was confirmed by Mexican authorities on Aug. 19.
