Mexico's Attorney General's Office said Tuesday that it has opened several lines of investigation against former President Enrique Pena Nieto, several weeks after the country's anti-money laundering agency accused the former leader of handling millions of dollars in possibly illegal funds.
Pena Nieto is under investigation for election-related crimes tied to company, money laundering and illicit enrichment, according to a statement from the Attorney General's Office.
Pena Nieto governed Mexico from 2012 to 2018 and has since been living in Spain. When the criminal complaint from the Financial Intelligence Unit was announced last month, Pena Nieto wrote in his Twitter account that his money was legally obtained.Last month, Pablo Gomez, the head of the unit said a company run by Pena Nieto's family had "a symbiotic relationship" with a firm that received about $500 million in government contracts while he was president.
Gomez had also said Pena Nieto received money transfers from a relative, apparently linked to two companies -- his family's and one receiving government contracts -- for about $1.3 million after leaving office.
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