Those who absolutely didn't like him from the days of his presidential campaign most certainly mentioned his corruption.
Judi Lynn (127,507 posts)
1. "Mexico leader faces charge contractor rewarded him with mansion"
Mexico leader faces charge contractor rewarded him with mansion
By Tim Johnson
McClatchy Foreign Staff
November 9, 2014 Updated 27 minutes ago
MEXICO CITY — A Mexican investigative team reported Sunday that President Enrique Pena Nieto and his actress wife possess a posh mansion built to their taste by a company that has grown fat with government contracts.
Pena Nieto has not reported the mansion, worth an estimated $7 million, on his official declaration of assets in the past two years, the team said. The allegation falls on Pena Nieto at a time when he faces lagging support and public outrage over an apparent massacre of 43 students. It may also test his image as a leader who claims to battle corruption and fight for the rule of law.
Known as Casa La Palma, the mansion was built by a subsidiary of Grupo Higa, which has earned hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts under Pena Nieto, according to investigative reporters at aristeguinoticias.com, a news portal led by Carmen Aristegui, a radio and television journalist.
The mansion has an underground parking garage, an elevator, seven bedrooms, marble floors and a special system of recessed mood lighting that changes colors. Two distinctive palm trees jut above its white exterior.
Read more: http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/11/09/4308871_mexico-leader-faces-charge-contractor.html?rh=1#storylink=cpy
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Judi Lynn (127,507 posts)
Mexico leader faces charge contractor rewarded him with mansion
Source: McClatchy News
Mexico leader faces charge contractor rewarded him with mansion
By Tim Johnson
McClatchy Foreign Staff
November 9, 2014 Updated 27 minutes ago
MEXICO CITY — A Mexican investigative team reported Sunday that President Enrique Pena Nieto and his actress wife possess a posh mansion built to their taste by a company that has grown fat with government contracts.
Pena Nieto has not reported the mansion, worth an estimated $7 million, on his official declaration of assets in the past two years, the team said. The allegation falls on Pena Nieto at a time when he faces lagging support and public outrage over an apparent massacre of 43 students. It may also test his image as a leader who claims to battle corruption and fight for the rule of law.
Known as Casa La Palma, the mansion was built by a subsidiary of Grupo Higa, which has earned hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts under Pena Nieto, according to investigative reporters at aristeguinoticias.com, a news portal led by Carmen Aristegui, a radio and television journalist.
The mansion has an underground parking garage, an elevator, seven bedrooms, marble floors and a special system of recessed mood lighting that changes colors. Two distinctive palm trees jut above its white exterior.
Read more: http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/11/09/4308871_mexico-leader-faces-charge-contractor.html?rh=1#storylink=cpy
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