Former Mexican President involved in Odebrecht bribes

Mexico's former President Enrique Peña Nieto and his finance secretary are squarely in the sights of the country's attorney general, who said Tuesday that his office is investigating the alleged use of bribes to fund a presidential campaign.

Mexico's Attorney General Alejandro Gertz Manero said in a video Tuesday that former head of Mexico's state-run oil company Emilio Lozoya has fingered former President Enrique Peña Nieto and his Finance Secretary Luis Videgaray for instructing him to pay campaign consultants with more than 4 US dollars million in bribes from Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht.

"There were a series of bribes for a quantity of more than 100 million pesos (more than 4 million USD dollars) which were fundamentally used for the 2012 presidential campaign." Gertz Manero said.

Emilio Lozoya was extradited from Spain last month after spending months on the run.

Lozoya also alleged that Peña Nieto and Videgaray directed him to pay bribes to six federal lawmakers for their votes on controversial structural reforms in 2013 and 2014, Gertz Manero said.

Neither Peña Nieto nor Videgaray immediately addressed the accusations.

Lozoya has given prosecutors witnesses, receipts and a video.

Gertz Manero said that once investigators vet Lozoya's information, he will call on Peña Nieto and Videgaray to give statements.