Overview
- Magistrate Ezequiel Altamirano Roches of the Second Collegiate Appellate Court in Criminal Matters issued the decision rejecting Emilio Lozoya’s bid to halt the case.
- The court held that a co‑defendant’s reparation does not automatically extend to others and noted that Alonso Ancira has paid only about $110 million of a $216 million commitment.
- The proceeding now advances toward the audiencia intermedia ordered in March 2024 after more than two years of delays driven by defense challenges.
- Judges clarified that Lozoya can still seek a reparation agreement before any order opening the trial is issued.
- The FGR accuses Lozoya of taking a $3.4 million bribe tied to Pemex’s $275 million Agronitrogenados purchase, and the Supreme Court declined to review the separate forfeiture case for his Lomas de Bezares home.