Politics · Mexico · 3 hrs ago
Energy secretary denies backing companies for Pemex contracts
Mexico’s Energy Secretary, Luz Elena González Escobar, has rejected claims that she helped two companies obtain contracts with state oil company Pemex.
The claims appeared in a column published on October 11.
González said the column offered no evidence for its claims.
She said Pemex had not awarded contracts to La Cosmopolitana or Productos Serel during her time as secretary.
She also said Pemex reported that the companies had no active contracts and were not on its supplier register from 2024.
González asked the newspaper to publish her clarification; no further action is described.
Mexico’s energy secretary, Luz Elena González Escobar, denied helping companies obtain contracts with state oil company Pemex.
She said Pemex had not awarded contracts to La Cosmopolitana or Productos Serel during her time as energy secretary.
González said Pemex reported that the companies had no active contracts and were not on its supplier register from 2024.
She called claims that she had enabled the companies or others to benefit from Pemex contracts false.
- Who
- Energy Secretary Luz Elena González Escobar and the companies La Cosmopolitana and Productos Serel.
- What
- González denied backing companies for Pemex contracts.
- When
- Her clarification was published on October 12, 2026.
- Where
- Mexico; the statement concerned contracts with Pemex.
- Why
- She said a column’s claims had no basis or proof and were false.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Es absolutamente falso que Pemex haya otorgado algún contrato a las empresas “La Cosmopolitana” y/o “Productos Serel”, durante mi gestión al frente de la Secretaría de Energía.
Dicha afirmación es rotundamente falsa.
Claudio Ochoa Huerta’s column “Los contratos que mancharán a la amiga de la Presidenta” was published.
El Universal published González’s clarification rejecting the claims.
- Energy secretary
- Luz Elena González Escobar
- Companies named
- La Cosmopolitana; Productos Serel
- Pemex contracts
- No contracts awarded to the companies during González’s tenure, according to her statement
- Supplier register
- The companies were not registered from 2024, according to the statement
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