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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | March 2008 
Mexico Congress Probes Cabinet Secretary
 Associated Press
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| | Mourino has denied the accusations saying the family business had enjoyed "uninterrupted" business dealings with Pemex since he was a child. | | |
Mexico City - Mexico's lower house of Congress on Thursday created a special committee to investigate allegations of corruption against Interior Secretary Juan Camilo Mourino, a confidant of the president who holds the government's second highest profile job.
Mourino faces allegations of using his political clout to benefit a family business while previously serving as a federal congressman and top energy official.
A majority of Congress approved the committee's creation Thursday.
Mexico's federal attorney general's office on Tuesday opened an investigation into the allegations after a prominent opposition politician produced a series of contracts dated from 2000 to 2004 between state oil monopoly Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, and the Mourino family business, Transportes Especializados Ivancar SA. At the time, Mourino served as a federal congressman and an adviser to Energy Secretary Felipe Calderon, now Mexico's president.
Mourino has denied the accusations saying the family business had enjoyed "uninterrupted" business dealings with Pemex since he was a child.
The interior secretary has traditionally acted as the president's chief negotiator with the legislative branch, opposition groups and state officials. |
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