The longtime head of Mexico's powerful oil workers union, Carlos Romero Des...
MEXICO CITY - The longtime head of Mexico’s powerful oil workers union, Carlos Romero Deschamps resigned on Wednesday, a day after the president hinted he should step down to face allegations of wrongdoing.
Lopez Obrador this week said Romero Deschamps was under investigation, and on Wednesday revealed the union boss could face prosecution over two complaints filed against him. Romero Deschamps was a federal lawmaker with the opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party , which ruled Mexico for most of the past century, five times. He served three times in Mexico’s lower house of Congress, and twice in the Senate. The posts gave him immunity from prosecution.
While a government audit later revealed anomalies covering 2.3 billion pesos in the so-called Pemexgate scandal, Romero Deschamps himself escaped unscathed. Others were not so lucky and were punished and fined. In 2012, his daughter Paulina posted pictures of a trip to Europe on her Facebook page, including images taken in private jets and five-star hotels along with her British bulldog traveling companions.Lopez Obrador on Tuesday suggested that the veteran union leader and politician might consider quitting to address the allegations.
For decades Pemex has been dogged with accusations that it is a hotbed for graft and kickbacks. Most of Pemex’s employees are members of the oil workers union.
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