墨西哥總統陷入"私宅所有者"風波
President Enrique Peña Nieto of Mexico was caught in a fresh storm on Sunday over claims that his personal residence is owned by a company linked to a Mexican member of the Chinese-led consortium that won a high-speed rail contract last week – only to be stripped of it days later.
週日，墨西哥總統恩裏克•培尼亞•涅託(Enrique Peña Nieto)陷入了一場新的風波，有指控稱，他的私人住宅的所有者公司與中國領銜的中標聯合體中的某家墨西哥公司有關聯。該投標聯合體上週贏得了一項墨西哥的高鐵合同，但幾天之後該合同被取消。The allegations, based on documents seen by the Financial Times and reported on the Aristegui Noticias news website, added fuel to protests over the disappearance of 43 students, who were arrested by police and are now feared dead.
這些指控基於英國《金融時報》看到的文件和新聞網站Aristegui Noticias報道的內容。這一指控助推了因43名學生消失事件引發的抗議活動。這些學生被警察逮捕，現在恐怕已經死去了。
The presidency said in a statement that the first lady, Angélica Rivera, had signed a contract with Ingeniería Inmobiliaria del Centro (IIC), a company owned by the businessman Juan Armando Hinojosa, in January 2012, to purchase two properties. The properties, adjacent to one she already owned, were originally bought by IIC, and the family’s residence was built on the land they once occupied.
總統辦公室發表聲明稱，第一夫人安傑莉卡•裏韋拉(Angélica Rivera)於2012年與Ingeniería Inmobiliaria del Centro(IIC)簽訂合同購買其兩處房產。IIC的所有人是商人Juan Armando Hinojosa。這兩處房產靠近她本來擁有的一處房產，最初是由IIC購買的，總統私宅就建在這兩處房產曾佔據的土地上。
But the presidency did not deny that the house had been built by a company owned by Mr Hinojosa at a time when his Grupo Higa was a contractor of the State of Mexico and Mr Peña Nieto was state governor.
但總統辦公室沒有否認，總統私宅的施工者是Hinojosa的Grupo Higa公司，施工時Grupo Higa是墨西哥州的一家承包商，而培尼亞•涅託是該州州長。Grupo Higa owns Constructora Teya, a company that was part of the Chinese-led rail consortium that won a $3.6bn contract which was scrapped by the president last Thursday aFTer an outcry over the bidding process.
Grupo Higa下屬的Constructora Teya，則是中國領銜的投標聯合體的一員。該聯合體贏得了一份36億美元的合同，但因爲招標過程引發抗議，該合同於上週四被總統取消。Grupo Higa, which won about 8bn pesos ($590m) in public works contracts in the State of Mexico, could not be reached for comment.
記者未能聯繫到Grupo Higa置評。IIC was constituted on November 13 2008, the day after Mr Peña Nieto acknowledged his relationship with Ms Rivera on a television show.
IIC成立於2008年11月13日，此前一天培尼亞•涅託在一次電視節目上承認了他與裏韋拉的關係。In January 2012, Ms Rivera, a former soap star, paid for part of the property with a personal cheque, said the presidency statement. She had been paying the balance regularly, most recently in October, and the property would be transferred to her name when she had paid it off, it added. She initially paid 30 per cent of the list price.
總統辦公室稱，2012年1月，前肥皂劇明裏韋拉用個人支票支付部分房款。總統辦公室補充稱，裏韋拉一直在定期繳納尾款，最近一次是今年10月份，一旦房款付清，該房產就會轉入裏韋拉名下。裏韋拉曾支付了該房屋30%的首付。Eduardo Sánchez, a presidential spokesman, did not immediately respond to questions from the FT about when the property was built. According to Aristegui Noticias, the start of building work was registered on July 7 2010, while Mr Peña Nieto was still governor, and was officially completed in August 2012 when he had already won the presidential election. The architectural website Archdaily says the property dates from 2011.
總統發言人Eduardo Sánchez並沒有立刻回答英國《金融時報》記者的問題——該房屋是何時建造的。據Aristegui Noticias報道，房屋於2010年7月開始動工，當時培尼亞•涅託還是州長。房屋於2012年8月完工，此時涅託已經當選墨西哥總統。建築網站Archdaily 顯示，該房產的建造則追溯到2011年。The allegations surfaced as Mr Peña Nieto flew to China to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation forum, and threatened to overshadow the trip. Beijing said it was “surprised” by the decision to cancel the contract.
在培尼亞•涅託飛往中國參加亞太經合組織(APEC)論壇那時，上述指控浮出水面，給他的行程蒙上了陰影。北京方面表示，對墨西哥政府決定取消招標結果“感到意外”。
