Oceanography Bribiesca, S. A.

National
Oceanography Bribiesca, S. A.
By: Carlos Damian Tuesday , October 23, 2007

During the government of Fox, Oceanography obtained of PEMEX almost 521.74 million of dollars
México.- During the government of Vicente Fox Quesada, Mexican Oils (PEMEX) granted contracts, through public biddings and direct adjudications that they were transacted by the brothers Manuel and Jorge Alberto Bribiesca Sahagún that together with their uncle Guillermo Sahagún to the Oceanografia S. A. of C. V . Company, by 515 million 611 thousand 304. 42 dollars.

The children of Martha Sahagún wife of the ex president of Mexico Vicente Fox obtained juicy contracts through a third entrepreneur Yanez Osuna, Oceanography proprietary, that according to words that he expressed; the owner was by commissions that he was paying it to the brothers Bribiesca. Oceanography transacted in the Direction General de Pemex whose headline was in that years Raul Muñoz Leos.

Nearby company to the Bribiesca was benefited from contract millionaires

The president of the Navy Commission of the Deputies Chamber, José Manuel del t Rio Virgen informed that with documents in hand originating from the general director of PEMEX exploration and production (PEP), he mentions that "this company always it has been under suspicion by the contracts millionaires management that were making familiar of Martha Sahagún. In 1996, Oceanography was contractor of PEMEX, but it never had underlined; even in the year 2000 it was on the verge of be embargoed by the Service Administration Tributary (SAT) of the Secretariat of Estate and Public Credit (SHCP); it was bankrupt, it had evaded taxes and was demonstrated public officials collusion."

"It had to 1 million 837 thousand 391.3 dollars to the SAT, but as of 2001, according to consists in the Public Record of the Property, it was ordered to cancel the embargo on the part of the SHCP by that they had received an instruction of the office in Los Pinos official residence of the President of the Republic, by part of Martha Sahagun."

"In that year 2001 it had a capital of 130 thousand 434.78 dollars, when to principle of the sixth years was bankrupt, and then increased its capital to 126 million in only one year, by the contracts that he made to earn Martha Sahagún kids ."


Manuel, his brother Jorge and the uncle of both, Guillermo Sahagún Jimenez operated as managing

From July, 2007, the Secretariat for the Public Function (SFP) he began an investigation to the Oceanografia S. A. of C. V . company, to begin of the conclusions of the special commission and of the Audit Superior for the Federation (ASF), once the ex titular Germán Martínez of the SFP, considered irregular the contracts granted to such company.

The follow-up of the case includes Munoz Leos and his succeeding in the cargo, Luis Ramirez Corzo, as well as own Morales Gil; to assistant director of the northeast marine region, Javier Hinojosa; ex managing of assets of the marine region southwest; Jorge Andres Perez Fernandez; ex assistant director of Services coordination Maritime, Hector Leyva Torres; and Integral Maintenance manager, José Guadalupe de la Garza Saldívar.

Exist a relationship of adjudications in procurements matter, leases and services

To date PEMEX has paid 333 million 39 thousand 439.74 dollars to the company, that it has lent to him services of hydrocarbons transportation, of personnel, as well as construction and ducts maintenance, in addition to infrastructure in the platforms of the Gulf of Mexico, included the field of Cantarel.

Of agreement to the awarded contracts list was discovered that the petroleum committed the payment of by 191 million 392 thousand 576 dollars by various services, between them the rapid launches freight to the personnel transportation, of stable launches and of supplying ships of new generation.

José Manuel del Río Virgen aseguró que filiales de Oceanografía, SA de CV, como Ocean Mexicana, también recibieron contratos de PEMEX Exploración desde 2004; “según el portal Comprante, los contratos a esa empresa fueron por un mil 632 millones de pesos”, afirmó.

Jose Manuel del Rio Virgin assured that subsidiary of Oceanografia, S A de CV, known as Mexican Ocean Inc, received contracts also from PEMEX Exploration since 2004; "according to the webpage Comprante, the contracts to that company were by a thousand 54 million 956 thousand 521.74 dollars", he asserted. (La Jornada, política, 18 de octubre de 2007, p. 3)