Mexico.- This Monday, Baker Hughes, a company to which Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) has awarded him contracts, ruled out a possible conflict of interest in the lease of the house in Houston, Texas, where he lived Jose Ramon Lopez Beltraneldest son of the president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
Almost 4 weeks ago, the journalist Carlos Loret de Mola revealed an investigation carried out by Latinus in conjunction with Mexicans against Corruption and Impunityin which he realized the luxurious life that José Ramón López Beltrán leads in the United States with his wife, an executive linked to the oil sector.
At a press conference organized by Petróleos Mexicanos, the Baker Hughes company stated that, derived from an independent investigation, it was concluded that there was no conflict of interest in the lease of the house inhabited by the relative of the head of the Federal Executive Branch. from Mexico.
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In this sense, the vice president of Baker Hughes for Mexico and Latin America, Bob Pérez, made it public knowledge that due to the various publications that were made about the possible act in which said company would be involved, an inquiry was requested from the firm. Independent R. McConnell Groupwhich determined that the company had no involvement in the lease of the former employee’s house.
He explained that the house was owned by Keith Schillingwho joined the corporate in 2016 and left it on December 31, 2019emphasizing that he never worked in an area linked to Mexico or with Mexican clients.
“Keith Schilling was the leader of Baker Hughes in Canada in 2019. Previously, he was the company’s sales and commercial director for the North American region, which, internally, exclusively serves the United States and Canada,” he said. Perez.
The manager made it clear that Mexico is not included in the North America region for Baker Hughesnoted that, internally, sales and operations in the Mexican Republic are organized within the separate entity called Latin America and South America.
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We have proactively completed an internal review of our contracts and business dealings with Pemex as of 2016, and have found no record of Keith Schilling being involved, named or mentioned in any documentation.
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