RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A corruption scandal shaking Mexico's political elite intensified on Thursday as a leaked document containing a raft of allegations raised pressure on several former presidents and senior officials.
With tensions mounting between the country's political rivals, ex-leader Felipe Calderon accused President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of “political persecution.”
Lopez Obrador has called for Calderon and former president Enrique Peña Nieto to testify about the corruption claims linked to scandal-tainted Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht.
The allegations have emerged during the trial of Emilio Lozoya, a former advisor to Peña Nieto and . . .
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