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Pemex Scandal: Political Battle Over Miss Universe's Father

Former Pemex head Octavio Romero is under investigation for suspected money laundering. His company Marinsa has been linked to the Mexican Attorney General's Office. At the center of the scandal is also Fátima Bosch, Miss Universe's father, who is accused of illegal contracts. Authorities suspect this is an attack on the current oil company management.


Pemex Scandal: Political Battle Over Miss Universe's Father

The group of Octavio Romero and Ángel Lozada could not be the target of any other attack. As it became known, these are difficult times for the former head of Pemex and current head of Infonavit, especially after his favorite company, Marinsa, was linked by the Attorney General's Office (FGR) to money laundering suspicions, seeking to disable its accounts for up to 125 million pesos. This chapter also surrounded the departure of Alejandro Gertz Manero from the Attorney General's Office (FGR). Following Gertz's departure, the Prosecutor's Office is rushing to accuse a company close to Octavio Romero and Alito. The accusations against Bosch, a petroleum engineer with 30 years of experience at Pemex, caught the attention at the National Palace, as he is a close figure to Víctor Rodríguez and is well-received by the Secretary of Energy, Luz Elena González. Fátima's father was critical, which may have earned him an intended dismissal that did not materialize thanks to the intervention of Mónica Fernández Balboa, a Tabasco senator and a close friend of Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Although Fátima's aunt managed to prevent Bosch's dismissal, she could not stop his relegation to the Villahermosa offices throughout Romero Oropeza's term. 'He was in ostracism during the entire past six-year term in retaliation for not wanting to get involved in Lozada's affairs,' explained. According to this version of the story, Bosch was a collaborator of Lozada when he was Director of Production and Exploration and was later pointed out for participating in the 'Master Scam'. The recent scandal that escalated from the frivolity of a beauty pageant to a plot of organized crime, with profound reaches within the 4T, also splashed the underground war that persists in Pemex between the group of Octavio Romero-Miguel Ángel Lozada and the current administration headed by Víctor Rodríguez. As is known, the controversial subplot surrounding the triumph of Mexican Fátima Bosch in the Miss Universe crown involved her father, Bernardo Bosch, as it is claimed that he granted a multi-million dollar Pemex contract to Raúl Rocha, current president of the pageant and recently accused of leading a fuel trafficking network. In 2019, under the Oropeza Romero administration, he was investigated for this fact, and the Ministry of Civil Service imposed the sanction, which, however, was reversed a year later, as the Federal Administrative Court determined that there was no legal basis for this sanction. Beyond that past, with the new direction of Rodríguez Padilla, Bosch could return to the oil company's central offices hand in hand with Néstor Martínez, who arrived in October 2024 at Exploration and Production, but left the position in May of this year without his departure being clarified. Romero takes advantage of the tension at the Palace over Michoacán and recovers a rival of Nahle for Infonavit. Ángel Cid returned in his place. In his innermost circle, the answer seems obvious: the blow is not against him but they seek to hit the head of Pemex, Víctor Rodriguez. The source consulted ensures that Bosch had no authority for these actions as he did not have access to that type of contracts. A move that generated great controversy, as it is one of the closest people to Lozada and accused of being responsible for the high debt with suppliers that was gestated in the previous administration. To finish understanding this subplot, it is worth remembering that for months, in Rodríguez Padilla's environment, they point to Cid, Lozada, and Romero as the architects of a campaign that seeks to damage this management, coloring the rumors of his departure. That is why his insist that he did not have the weight to sign any type of contract. Other versions indicate that Fátima's father was disqualified six years ago after being accused of illicit enrichment at Pemex between 2011 and 2015. The case is advancing rapidly after the departure of Alejandro Gertz Manero. Bosch is now accused of having assigned in 2023 by direct award a contract for 745.6 million pesos to Soluciones Gasíferas del Sur, Rocha Cantú's company for the construction of land pipelines for the collection and transport of hydrocarbons in the PEP Production Assets, South Zone. The inevitable question was who was seeking to affect Bosch. The inevitable question was who was seeking to affect Fátima's father. In Bosch's innermost circle, the answer seems obvious: the blow is not against the deputy director, but they seek to hit higher up, that is, against Rodríguez Padilla himself, explained a source with first-hand knowledge of the matter to LPO.