An investigation of Mexicans Against Corruption and Impunity (MCCI) announced that Carmelina Esquergeneral director of the subsidiary Pemex Procurement International (PPI) in Houston, Texasbought a residence valued at just over 400 thousand dollars, that is, regarding 8 million pesos in the exclusive Grand Oaks subdivision, just 15 minutes from the house where José Ramón López Beltrán livedeldest son of the president of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
Regarding this report, President López Obrador came out to defend the daughter of his private secretary, Alejandro Esquer Verdugoand although he acknowledged that the purchase of the property was carried out, he justified that it is a “modest house” and that the media have made a scandal with the subject.
Carmelina, daughter of Alejandro Esquer, the president’s private secretary, became the director of this Pemex subsidiary even though she lacks experience in the oil sector.
“Now it comes from a daughter of Alejandro Esquer, as I am here in his town I mention it, that he is a first class Alejandro. She is my private secretary, and her daughter studied and has a job in Houston and bought a house, an apartment, but a modest one, and a big scandal in the newspaper Reforma, in Junco.” he expressed on Friday in his morning conference.
The president reproached that it is a report like the one broadcast by the journalist Carlos Loret de Mola “what does it say regarding my son; the wife rented a house and a tremendous scandal” .
Carmelina Esquer has a monthly salary of approximately 300 thousand pesos
Carmelina is the daughter of Alejandro Esquer, who serves as the private secretary of President López Obradory arrived at the address of this branch of Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) even though he lacks experience in the oil sectorhowever, from this position he has implemented million-dollar contracts with international companies such as Baker Hughes and Vitol, however, this information has not been made publicly transparent, he points out Veronica Ayalaauthor of the report.
The 9,000-square-foot house is located in The Cove, an exclusive section of the Grand Oaks subdivision, west of Houston
The “modest” house in Houston
According to MCCI research, Carmelina Esquer has a monthly salary of approximately 300 thousand pesosand since 2019 she is CEO of Pemex Procurement International (PPI) in Houston, Texas, which allowed him to acquire this residence.
According to the research data, The 9,000-square-foot house is located in The Cove, an exclusive section of the Grand Oaks subdivision, west of Houston and just 15 minutes from the new PPI offices.
The prices of residences with similar characteristics in this area range from 350,000 to 450,000 dollars, equivalent to regarding 7 to 9 million pesos
The residence has a brick and stone facade in shades of brown and beige, and inside it has two floors with four bedrooms, three and a half bathrooms, open kitchen, living room, game room and backyard.. all this according to the description of real estate sites that offer other similar properties in the area.
The house is located in a quiet and private development of recent creation that has houses of similar styles and large green areas and even an artificial lake.
The prices of residences with similar characteristics in this area range from 350,000 to 450,000 dollars, equivalent to regarding 7 to 9 million pesosindicate the advertisements of real estate companies that offer them.
The house is located in a quiet and private development of recent creation that has houses of similar styles and large green areas and even an artificial lake.
On February 26, 2019, months before the appointment of Carmelina Esquer as director of PPI, the Mexican executive spoke regarding the Pemex subsidiary in Houston: “We are cleaning up that company, because it is the one that buys fuel, it is the one that also sells oil abroad, it is one of the most important, strategic companies. It is cleaning itself of mishandling.”
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