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Ex-Pemex Aide’s Accountant Jorge Yáñez Is Bound Over and Given Pretrial Detention

The ruling follows prosecutors’ case alleging a 28 million-peso tax fraud.

Overview

  • Jorge Yáñez Polo was formally linked to process and ordered to remain in pretrial detention at Reclusorio Oriente, with three months set for complementary investigation.
  • Prosecutors accuse him of defraudación fiscal equiparada totaling roughly 28 million pesos tied to income tax filings from 2014 to 2018.
  • He was arrested in Querétaro after years on the run and transferred to Mexico City to face a judge.
  • The FGR says the operation was coordinated by the federal security cabinet under the MPF and executed by the PFM of the AIC.
  • Audits cited by authorities report more than 115 million pesos in receipts versus just over 34 million declared, and Yáñez is identified as the former accountant to Emilio Lozoya.