Carlos Treviño Medina, former general director of Pemex under President Enrique Peña Nieto, has been arrested following accusations that he accepted bribes in connection with the Odebrecht corruption case. He was named in testimony by Emilio Lozoya Austin, who claimed Treviño received illegal payments to secure contracts during Mexico's energy reform.
Carlos Alberto Treviño Medina is a Mexican politician and public official with a long-standing career in government. He graduated from the Tecnológico de Monterrey with a degree in Food Industry Engineering and holds an MBA.
His professional background includes high-ranking positions in finance and public administration:
- Deputy Minister of Expenditures at the Ministry of Finance (SHCP)
- Chief Administrative Officer at the Ministries of Economy and Energy
- Director General of the National Agricultural, Rural, Forestry and Fisheries Development Bank
- Chief Financial Officer of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) from 2014 to 2016
In November 2017, Treviño was appointed CEO of Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) by then-President Enrique Peña Nieto, a position he held until the end of 2018.
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Why Was He Arrested?
Treviño Medina was accused by Emilio Lozoya Austin, his predecessor at Pemex, of receiving a 4.39 million peso bribe as part of a corruption scheme linked to the Brazilian firm Odebrecht.
According to Lozoya, Treviño illegally facilitated operations at a polyethylene plant supplied by Pemex, which allegedly granted Odebrecht millions in illicit profits.
In 2021, a judge issued an arrest warrant for Treviño on charges of criminal association and money laundering, after he failed to appear at a scheduled court hearing. The Attorney General’s Office (FGR) subsequently requested an Interpol red notice for his international arrest.
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Treviño's Counterclaim Against Gertz Manero
In response to the accusations, Treviño filed a complaint against Attorney General Alejandro Gertz Manero, claiming that the allegations made by Lozoya were the result of torture and coercion.
Treviño maintains that the testimony implicating him was manipulated and lacks legal basis, arguing that it was extracted under pressure by the FGR to incriminate him unjustly.
The case remains under investigation, and Treviño’s recent arrest marks a key development in Mexico's broader Odebrecht corruption scandal.
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