Ex-president ‘ran scheme of kickbacks’

The former head of Mexico’s state-owned oil company has accused former president Enrique Pena Nieto and his treasury secretary of directing a scheme of kickbacks and embezzlement from the president’s office.

Emilio Lozoya, the former head of Petroleos Mexicanos who himself faces corruption charges, alleges Pena Nieto and Luis Videgaray used the state-owned Pemex as a conduit to “fulfill promises made during the 2012 campaign,” among other allegations he makes in a leaked 60-page document whose authenticity was confirmed by Mexican authorities on Wednesday.