The President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, confirmed on Thursday that the U.S. government gave the Financial Intelligence unit of finance information on transfers from the Minister of the Supreme Court Eduardo Medina Mora, which is being Analyzed for the time being to file a complaint.
The foregoing, although the Minister stated that he has presented his tax returns on a timely basis, without incurring irregular transfers.
“I don’t have the information if the Financial Intelligence Office has already drafted the complaint,” said the federal president at his morning conference.
“What I can tell you is that the instruction that Santiago Nieto has–head of the intelligence unit–is that whatever comes to that office with evidence, moreover, when it comes to international conventions on money laundering, everything has to be presented to The attorney General’s office. Not to stay with anything, to keep absolutely nothing, “he added.
The daily El Universal cited reports of “suspicious activity” of the British National Crime Agency and the U.S. Treasury Department, regarding Medina Mora between 2013 to 2017 only stated and paid taxes for 26 million pesos, and allegedly sent From Mexico 2.3 million pounds sterling to the United Kingdom, and 2.1 million dollars to the United States.
Minister Eduardo Medina Mora, according to Notimex, denied in a letter having made irregular transfers.
He assured that all his patrimony and his variations, as well as that of his economic dependents, wife and children, have been included in a timely manner in his patrimonial declarations since he is a public servant, from the end of 2000 to date.
The President of the Political Coordination Board of the Senate, Ricardo Monreal, requested information from the Financial Intelligence Unit and the attorney General’s office on the inquiries of the United States authorities to the finances of Medina mora.
“I don’t want to get ahead of myself because injustices are committed. We will respect the presumption of innocence, it is a constitutional principle, we will not go ahead or we will formulate convictions without sufficient evidence, we will act with restraint, “said Monreal, according to reform.
Santiago Nieto, head of the Financial Intelligence Unit, confirmed the request from the Senate, and said that “the facts of a person do not transcend the institution”, referring to the judiciary of the Federation.
“If there are indications of an illicit activity, after analysing the information of national and international Headquarters, it will proceed accordingly. The politics of the Government of Mexico is zero tolerance to corruption, “the official published.
The #UIF received a request from the Senate to analyse a minister’s financial transfer information. It will act according to law. My perennial recognition of the judiciary of the Federation, the facts of a person do not transcend the institution
— Santiago Nieto (@SNietoCastillo) June 7, 2019
Medina Mora, former titular of the attorney General of the Republic (PGR), came to the position of Minister of the Supreme Court on March 10, 2015, after being nominated by President Enrique Peña Nieto.
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