Oil union chief reportedly resigns

Longtime Mexican oil workers union leader Carlos Romero Deschamps reportedly resigned Wednesday following repeated scandals over alleged corruption. Deschamps, who had been in the job since 1992, denies wrongdoing.

Suspicions of influence-peddling have long surrounded Deschamps, with he and family members displaying a lavish lifestyle of luxurious goods, vehicles, trips and properties. A 2013 Forbes article named him one of Mexico’s 10 most corrupt.