MEXICO CITY—A former top official of Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht SA testified that he was asked in 2014 to bribe the then-head of Mexican state oil firm Petróleos Mexicanos, according to a document filed with Brazil’s Supreme Court as part of a broader corruption investigation. In the document, a copy of which was reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, Brazilian prosecutors informed the court that Hilberto Mascarenhas, who was head of Odebrecht’s Structured Operations division, said he received a request to pay a...

Source: Wall Street Journal May 05, 2017 22:52 UTC