The conflict of interest was so brazen, even by Mexican standards, that the first lady – a popular former telenovela actress – quickly announced that she would sell the mansion. Then, in early December, the Wall Street Journal revealed that Peña Nieto’s finance minister, Luis Videgaray, had also purchased a home in late 2012, just before taking office, from the same contractor, with a similar mortgage.
此中的利益冲突即便根据墨西哥的标准也太过明显，以致于第一夫人——一位此前曾非常出名的电视演员——迅速宣布她会把这栋豪宅卖掉。之后的12月初，华尔街日报撰文称培尼亚·涅托的财政部长Luis Videgaray 2012年底就任前也曾从同一家承包商处取得了类似的抵押贷款。当培尼亚·涅托就职两周年之际其支持率已经滑落至39%，反对其执政表现的公众则高达58%。