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Former Mexican governor may be expelled from PRI over corruption allegations

Agencia EFEJune 5, 2013 16:42
Mexico City, Jun 5 (EFE).- Mexico's ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, may expel former Tabasco Gov. Andres Granier, who has been accused of corruption, a party leader said. "We have not done it, but perhaps it will happen soon," PRI National Executive Committee chairman Cesar Camacho told Radio Formula. Prosecutors in Tabasco ordered Granier, whose whereabouts is unknown, to answer questions about alleged misuse of public funds during his 2007-2012 term. The former governor, however, failed to show up last Thursday for questioning

Mexico's PAN divided over pact with gov't

Agencia EFEMay 20, 2013 18:30
Mexico City, May 20 (EFE).- Sen. Ernesto Cordero, the conservative National Action Party's coordinator in the Mexican Senate, is being removed from his post, party chairman Gustavo Madero said. The move comes amid a rift in the opposition party over the political pact it entered into with the government.

Mexican opposition dispute goes public, threatening reforms

May 20, 2013 15:30
By Dave Graham and Miguel Gutierrez MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Divisions within Mexico's main conservative opposition party have erupted into a bitter public dispute that threatens to undermine the reform agenda of President Enrique Pena Nieto. Short of a majority in Congress, Pena Nieto's Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) is likely to need support from the conservative National Action Party, or PAN, to see through plans to overhaul state oil giant Pemex and broaden the tax base.

Mexico reform drive hits setback amid political row

Agence France-PresseApril 23, 2013 20:31
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto faced the first major political setback of his young administration Tuesday after an unprecedented alliance with the opposition to enact ambitious reforms hit a snag. After taking office in December, Pena Nieto struck a "Pact for Mexico" with two rival parties to try to implement structural reforms in Latin America's second biggest economy, but a political row is now threatening the grand bargain.

Mexican opposition accuses Cabinet minister of corruption

Agencia EFEApril 18, 2013 15:17
Mexico City, Apr 18 (EFE).- Mexico's main opposition PAN on Thursday urged President Enrique Peña Nieto to dismiss a member of his Cabinet for allegedly planning to use public spending to benefit the governing Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, in upcoming state elections. PAN chair Gustavo Madero issued the call a day after releasing audio and video tapes of discussions about manipulating social programs to boost the vote for the PRI in the July 7 gubernatorial election in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz.

Mexico foils plot to kill two leftist lawmakers

April 5, 2013 00:45
Mexican authorities Thursday broke up a plot to assassinate two brothers, both leftist lawmakers, including the former campaign manager of the runner-up in last year's presidential election. Mariana Benitez, a senior prosecutor, said an unspecified number of people were detained in a Mexico City hotel over plans to kill Senator David Monreal and his brother Ricardo, who managed Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's campaign.

Mexico breaks up plot to kill two leftist lawmakers

April 4, 2013 18:45
Mexican authorities Thursday broke up a plot to assassinate two brothers, both leftist lawmakers, including the former campaign manager of the runner-up in last year's presidential election. Mariana Benitez, a senior prosecutor, said an unspecified number of people were detained in a Mexico City hotel over plans to kill Senator David Monreal and his brother Ricardo, who managed Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's campaign.

Mexican teachers protest education, labor reforms

March 6, 2013 13:47
Mexico City, Mar 6 (EFE).- Thousands of members of the CNTE teachers union took to the streets of Mexico City and other cities to protest government plans to reform the educational system and labor regulations. Protesters from Chiapas, Michoacan, Oaxaca and Guerrero states, as well as Mexico City, marched from the capital's main plaza to the Los Pinos presidential residence, where a 10-member committee handed officials a petition listing the teachers' demands.

Mexican judge orders trial in Gordillo case

March 5, 2013 16:01
Mexico City, Mar 5 (EFE).- Former teachers union boss Elba Esther Gordillo will go to trial on embezzlement and racketeering charges, judicial officials said. Judge Alejandro Caballero accepted a motion from federal prosecutors to try Gordillo, who allegedly embezzled $157 million in union funds.

Mexican union boss must stay in jail pending trial -judge

March 5, 2013 02:30
By Lizbeth Diaz and Miguel Gutierrez MEXICO CITY, March 4 (Reuters) - A judge on Monday ruled there was enough evidence to prosecute the charismatic former boss of Mexico's teachers' union for allegedly embezzling around $200 million in union funds, and ordered her to remain in jail ahead of her trial. Alejandro Caballero Vertiz, Mexico city's sixth federal court judge, said in a statement on Monday night that evidence of misuse of funds by Elba Esther Gordillo, 68, was strong enough to merit trial and continued incarceration.
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