Mexican Governor Says His State Is Being Punished for Corruption Inquiry<br />The governor described a 20-minute meeting he attended with the minister of finance<br />and other officials on Jan. 4 at which the minister himself said Chihuahua would not get the agreed-upon money unless state officials told the minister more about the investigation.<br />8, 2018<br />MEXICO CITY — A Mexican governor said Monday that the government of President Enrique Peña Nieto was denying his state vital resources in order to squash a corruption investigation<br />that reaches the highest ranks of the nation’s governing party.<br />In the meeting, the governor said, Mr. Anaya at first told Mr. Corral<br />that there was an issue with the funds because they appeared to be similar to those associated with the investigation underway in his state.<br />According to documents reviewed by The Times, the federal Ministry of Finance signed four agreements in December<br />with officials in Chihuahua promising to transfer roughly $5 million to the state by the end of the month.<br />Mr. Corral said that the finance minister then openly asked him about the investigation, and<br />that he had told him the funds would not be transferred until there was more clarity about the case.
