Pemex amplía negocios privados con recursos públicos Grupo PMI, descubre el Libro blanco de la subsidiaria. También revela la creación de otras dos compañías “privadas” con recursos públicos. Con el esquema PMI, cada año la paraestatal maneja más de 1 billón 200 mil millones de pesos fuera del presupuesto público. El Grupo PMI se maneja al margen de la ley y no rinde cuentas a nadie, señala la Auditoría Superior de la Federación En pleno proceso de reestructuración de sus subsidiarias, Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) decide consolidar su red empresarial “privada”. La ampliación del Grupo PMI se inició a fines del sexenio de Felipe Calderón, revela el Libro blanco que la filial elaboró y entregó en diciembre pasado a la actual administración de la paraestatal, encabezada por Emilio Lozoya Austin. Aunado a esto, el Grupo PMI adquirió directamente en astilleros extranjeros, y sin licitaciones de por medio, parte de la flota naviera de la subsidiaria Pemex Refinación. “PMI ya es una empresa independiente de Pemex. Infografía: Textos relacionados:
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