Mexico said Friday it is investigating $200 million in suspicious government transfers to companies linked to its ex-public security minister, who was arrested earlier this month in the United States. Nieto said the dodgy transfers were made during both Calderon’s administration (2006-2012) and that of his successor, Enrique Pena Nieto (2012-2018). Lopez Obrador, a leftist anti-corruption crusader who took office in December 2018, said the investigation was not about “persecuting” past administrations. “We have to clean corruption out of government, and the federal prosecutor’s office is going to do its job,” he said. Mexico has said it will seek to extradite him.

Source: Punch December 27, 2019 22:07 UTC