translated from Spanish: Germany opens investigation against Lozoya and his wife for money laundering

German authorities launched an investigation against former Pemex director Emilio Lozoya and his wife, Marielle Helene Eckes, for alleged money laundering.
According to a journalistic investigation by Fifth Element Lab, the German newspaper S.ddeutsche Zeitung and the Swiss media group Tamedia, Lozoya reportedly entered Germany several weeks ago through Frankfurt International Airport. At the moment the European authorities suspect that the former director of Pemex may be in Switzerland, Germany or Luxembourg.
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Sources close to the investigation detailed to the media that Lozoya and Eckes are being investigated by an alleged money laundering done through various German companies.
Just on Wednesday Interpol arrested Gilda Margarita Austin and Solís, Lozoya’s mother, who is also accused of money laundering and criminal association.
According to the journalistic investigation, suspicions increase as After a search of the German business register Emilio Lozoya was found as co-owner of two Munich-based companies: ELMO Wolfsburg and All-ME Hamburg GmbH.
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Quinto Elemento Lab also mentions that Mexican officials would have requested information from the federal criminal police office in Germany (BKA) found in the documents and records used in the Panama Papers, investigation of 2016 where the name of the former director of Pemex was also mentioned.
In Mexico, the Attorney General’s Office accuses the former director of Pemex of the offences of trafficking in money laundering, criminal association and bribery, however Lozoya obtained a final suspension to stop his detention indefinitely.
The full research of Fifth Element Lab, S’ddeutsche Zeitung and Tamedia can be found here.
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Original source in Spanish