[5] In July 2019, Lozoya was accused of taking $10M (£8m) in bribes from Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht which has admitted having paid off politicians in Latin America.
The president said, Nosotros queremos recuperar el dinero ("We want to recuperate the money") and pointed out that US$200 million was involved in the sale of a fertilizer plant.
[13] According to the newspaper Reforma, Lozoya Austin has testified to bribes amounting to MXN $52,380,000 given to legislators and members of National Action Party (Mexico) (PAN), including Ricardo Anaya,[14][15][16] Ernesto Cordero Arroyo,[14][17] Salvador Vega Casillas,[18][14] Francisco Domínguez Servién,[14][19] Francisco García Cabeza de Vaca[14][20] and Jorge Luis Lavalle Maury.
[22][23] Reforma says that Brazilian businessman Luis Alberto Meneses Weyll paid Lozoya US $10 million for Peña Nieto's presidential campaign on behalf of Odebrecht in a transaction that took place at a bakery in Lomas de Chapultepec, Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City.
He is the son of Emilio Lozoya Thalmann, who headed the ISSSTE and was appointed Secretary of Energy during President Carlos Salinas de Gortari's administration.