Javier Lozano Alarcón

Javier Lozano Alarcón (born November 21, 1962) is a Mexican politician who serves as Secretary of Labor in the cabinet of President Felipe Calderón.[1][2]

He was telecoms consultant.[3] Lozano has served as president of the Federal Telecommunications Commission (COFETEL).[4]

Controversy

In 2007, Zhenli Ye Gon, a Chinese-Mexican businessman charged with drug trafficking, weapons possessions and money laundering, accused Javier Lozano of forcing him to stash millions in illicit campaign funds, in the walls and closets of his Mexico City mansion.[5] Ye Gon said that Lozano threatened to kill him, unless he stored duffel bags stuffed with at least $207 million USD.[6] Lozano denied the accusations,[7] and apparently tried to take legal action in the US against Ye Gon, but no legal action has been reported in 2008.[8]

References

  1. ^ "México - Presidencia de la República". Presidencia.gob.mx. http://www.presidencia.gob.mx/en/cabinet/?contenido=18706. Retrieved 2010-10-19. 
  2. ^ "Oficializa Javier Lozano afiliación al PAN - El Universal - México". El Universal. http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/434307.html. Retrieved 2010-10-19. 
  3. ^ "Q&A: Javier Lozano Alarcon, Javier Lozano & Asociados, Mexico, Telecommunications, news". Bnamericas.com. 2002-05-10. http://www.bnamericas.com/news/telecommunications/Q*A:_Javier_Lozano_Alarcon,_Javier_Lozano_*_Asociados. Retrieved 2010-10-19. 
  4. ^ "Javier Lozano Alarcуn, secretario del Trabajo :: Biografнas". esmas. http://www.esmas.com/noticierostelevisa/biografias/585669.html. Retrieved 2010-10-19. 
  5. ^ "Zhenli Ye Gon acusa al secretario del Trabajo de obligarlo a ocultar 205 mdd - El Universal - Primera". El Universal. http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/primera/29173.html. Retrieved 2010-10-19. 
  6. ^ "Drug case could backfire in Mexico". Dallas Morning News. 2007-07-12. http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/world/mexico/stories/DN-drugcase_12int.ART.State.Edition1.4353db6.html. Retrieved 2010-10-19. 
  7. ^ "Mexico accuses drug suspect of blackmail". Usatoday.Com. 2007-07-02. http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2007-07-02-mexico-millions-seized_N.htm. Retrieved 2010-10-19. 
  8. ^ Jorge Carrasco (October 29, 2008). "Mexico, the DEA, and the Case of Zhenli Ye Gon". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/28/AR2008102801364.html.