Major Corruption Scandal in Mexico Targets Two Former Presidents and Construction Giant Odebrecht

Several former senior Mexican officials – including presidents Felipe Calderón and Enrique Peña Nieto – are implicated in a corruption scandal that Calderón says amounts to “political persecution.” Current president Andrés Manuel López Obrador has called for Calderón and Peña Nieto to testify about allegations linked to scandal-tainted Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht.