Emilio Lozoya was Pemex’s chief executive until 2016 An arrest warrant has been issued for Emilio Lozoya, former chief executive of Mexican state oil company Pemex, prosecutors say. He is accused of taking $10m (£8m) in bribes from Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht, which admits paying off politicians in Latin America. Mr Lozoya’s wife, sister and mother are wanted in the same corruption case, the prosecutor’s office says. His lawyer rejects the allegations and wants the arrest warrant to be revoked. Odebrecht: Gigantic corruption scandal shows no sign of waning Peru’s former president kills himself ahead of arrest ‘The largest foreign bribery case in history’ Mr Lozoya was the chief executive of Pemex until 2016. He was also one of the closest advisers to former President Enrique Pena Nieto, who is not implicated in the scandal. Founded in the 1940s, Odebrecht was for a while one of Brazil’s most competitive […]