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	THE CHIAPAS TODAY
		In reality, the underlying conflict was the ongoing judicial investigation into the diversion of 640 million pesos from the state petroleum company, PEMEX, to the union; these funds were used for the electoral campaign of the PRI candidate, Francisco Labastida, in 2000.
		But, what became known as Pemexgate, turned into a boomerang for the president and he had to face his own electoral scandal.
		There is an investigation undertaken by the Federal Electoral Institute -which has not yet concluded- about the presumed illegal origin of millions of pesos used in the electoral campaign by the group Friends of Fox.
	www.travelchiapas.com /about/about-23.php (1948 words)

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		"It's disguised as something ideological, but it's mostly political." Mr Fox has, however, thrown the party on to the defensive over the "Pemexgate" campaign finance scandal - the alleged diversion of as much as $170m from Pemex, the national oil monopoly, through its union to the PRI presidential campaign of 2000.
		Mr Madrazo told the FT that Pemexgate has been politicised, describing it as "a diversionary ploy" by the president.
		If Mr Madrazo can keep his party together and stop Pemexgate turning into a financial disaster, polls suggest they still have much to play for.
	courses.wcupa.edu /rbove/eco343/024Compecon/Mexico/021118PRI.txt (807 words)

	On the run; haughty evasion of justice by central Pemexgate figure Deschamps exposes problems with Mexican legal ...
		As his three-year term as a federal deputy ended, so did the immunity from prosecution conferred on him as a member of Congress.
		Deschamps stands accused of playing a central role in the so-called Pemexgate scandal--the alleged siphoning of hundreds of millions of pesos from the state-owned oil company Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), through the oil workers union, and into the coffers of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).
		"Pemexgate generated a lot of tension between a government taking power and a government thrown out of office," said Carlos Ugalde, a political analyst with the think tank CIDE in Mexico City.
	www.allbusiness.com /north-america/mexico/706979-1.html (775 words)

	- El Universal Online - Miami Herald (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The PRI was also embroiled in a campaign finance scandal after the elections when it was revealed the party had used money from state-run oil company Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, to boost it’s advertising.
		Dubbed “Pemexgate,” the party was slapped with a hefty US$100 million fine.
		In spite of the millions spent on advertising, IFE noted that in the 2003 congressional elections voter abstentionism was at its highest rate ever on 58.22 percent.
	www.mexiconews.com.mx /16337.html (236 words)

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		PEMEXGATE, "AMIGOGATE" DOMINATE THE NEWS In light of an eleventh hour agreement to avoid the first ever strike by Pemex workers, the Fox administration and the PRI pressed for political advantage in the face of competing scandals from the 2000 presidential elections.
		The indictments are directed against a number of "sardines," as one astute individual observed, rather than the "big fish." Meanwhile, the PRI ramped up criticism of the Amigos de Fox (Friends of Fox) for accepting foreign donations during the 2000 presidential campaign, something that could cost the PAN its national party registry.
		Fox tried to distance the foibles of the Amigos from the Pemexgate scandal, characterizing them as two completely different issues.
	courses.wcupa.edu /rbove/eco343/024Compecon/Mexico/021006news.txt (1141 words)

	Mexican Labor News & Analysis Articles
		Gordillo, who has dominated the teachers union for years, was recently driven out of leadership positions in the PRI due to her close ties and advocacy for the program of the PAN.
		Pemexgate refers to illegal contributions made by PEMEX and the STPRM to the Institutional Revolutionary Party candidate in the 2000 presidential elections.
		Saúl Escobar of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) said, “The repetition of Pemexgate is the clearest example of the prolongation of the old regime by President Vicente Fox.”
	www.ueinternational.org /Mexico_info/mlna_articles.php?size=3&&id=76 (4740 words)

	Mexico Threatened By Wave Of Schadenfreude
		Those who do not own shares in his companies, which include TV Azteca, Elektra, and Iusacell, which has an overdue debt payment on a $350 million dollar debt, may also be tempted to take perverse joy in the precipitous decline of share prices of those companies.
		One must not forget the six former insiders in the national oil company, Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), who were fined a total of 2.8 billion pesos for their part in Pemexgate, the transfer of more than a billion pesos from Pemex to the failed 2000 presidential election campaign of PRI candidate Francisco Labastida.
		Two other Pemexgate suspects, PRI Senator Ricardo Aldana and Pemex union leader Carlos Romero Deschamps, were not charged due to their immunity from prosecution as members of Congress.
	www.banderasnews.com /0505/edop-schadenfreude.htm (912 words)

	EL IMPARCIAL - Llama Fox de urgencia a revisar “Pemexgate” (Site not responding. Last check: )
		De acuerdo con fuentes de la Presidencia de la República, entre los temas se tocaron las salidas políticas y judiciales del conflicto, así como las distintas alternativas de solución para evitar la huelga en Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex).
		El llamado “Pemexgate” y el emplazamiento a huelga por el Sindicato de Trabajadores Petroleros de la República Mexicana (Stprm) han sido en las últimas fechas motivo de conflicto entre Pemex, el Gobierno federal y el sindicato, además de crear un clima de preocupación económica.
		El motivo de la visita, según trascendió, fue analizar el caso del “Pemexgate” y buscar posibles salidas evitando la huelga en la paraestatal anunciada para el próximo 1 de octubre.
	www.elimparcial.com /edicionenlinea/notas/Noticias/20020924/32067.asp (370 words)

	2003 Pulitzer Prizes-INTERNATIONAL REPORTING, Works
		As federal authorities try to tear down old castles of corruption, the most explosive scandal is known as Pemexgate.
		A spokesman for the national union said Hernandez and the other union leaders accused in Pemexgate have done nothing illegal, and he accused Fox of conducting a "political witch hunt." Officials from Pemex, Mexico's largest company, declined to comment.
		On the streets of Nanchital, many people interviewed said they were only vaguely aware of the allegations against Hernandez, which have gone mostly unreported in the local press.
	www.pulitzer.org /year/2003/international-reporting/works/post10.html (2400 words)

	Forbes.com: Mexico judge orders union head tried in 'Pemexgate'
		The federal court's ruling was a victory for the government in a multimillion-dollar election fraud case known here as "Pemexgate." The case is part of a broad effort by President Vicente Fox to crack down on corruption in high places.
		The judge ruled there was sufficient evidence to try union leader Carlos Romero Deschamps, although he remains free under a previous court order and could post bail, the Attorney General's Office said in statement.
		Fox presented "Pemexgate" as a test case in his drive against corruption.
	www.forbes.com /newswire/2003/10/25/rtr1123029.html (426 words)

	The San Miguel Chronicles - Archives: November 15, 2002
		The sale garnered $2.5 million pesos, which Montemayor needs to pay for his legal defense.
		Also in connection with what is now termed Pemexgate, legislators Ricardo Aldana and Carlos Romero Deschamps, were denied the protection of habeas corpus by the congress and will probably have to face trial.
		Another former executive of Pemex, Manual Gomezperalta Damirón, has been in jail for some time since his family has not been able to raise bail—a percentage of the $34,500,000 imposed by the judge.
	www.thesanmiguelchronicles.com /2002-november-15.htm (1770 words)

	ManattJones-Mexico News Briefs
		The daily said the minister is worried about what he sees as excessive liquidity being given the union under the new contract.
		Milenio also recalled that the PRI - which would like to return to power in 2006 - "is bankrupt" due to the fine imposed by electoral authorities in the "Pemexgate" case.
		Former Pemex director Rogelio Montemayor, who days ago was extradited from the United States, is accused of diverting millions in funds from Pemex, of which 500 million pesos (approximately $43 million) were sent to the PRI in the form of loans to the union.
	www.manattjones.com /newsletters/newsbrief/20041005.html (7157 words)

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