Puerto Vallarta News

Puerto Vallarta News

Mexico’s President Holds $3.3 Million USD in Assets

The assets also included investments, jewelry and works of art, a document posted on the president's website showed.

Owned by a government contractor that was bidding for a lucrative rail contract, the nearly $4 million house at the center of the scandal was being acquired by Pena Nieto's wife.

First Lady Angelica Rivera, a former leading actress, said she was paying for the property with her own earnings, but on Tuesday said she would give it up.

The contractor, Mexican company Grupo Higa, was part of a Chinese-led consortium that won the $3.75-billion high-speed . . .

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