PEMEX

Application by Oro Negro Primus Pte. Ltd., Oro Negro Laurus Pte. Ltd., Oro Negro Fortius Pte. Ltd., Oro Negro Decus Pte. Ltd., Oro Negro Impetus Pte. Ltd., and Oro Negro Drilling Pte. Ltd., all of Singapore, to take discovery from Gonzalo Gil White, Jose Antonio Cañedo White, Carlos Enrique Williamson Nasi, Miguel Angel Villegas Vargas, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, and Axis Capital Management, Inc. for use in "three criminal proceedings and one bankruptcy proceeding pending in Mexico" that "arise out of a failed business venture started by Gil White, Cañedo White, Williamson Nasi, and Villegas Vargas, among others, to operate five oil drilling rigs for Pemex, the Mexican state-owned oil company", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Mexico by Alonso Del Val Echeverria, as the Foreign Representative of Perforadora Oro Negro S. de R.L. de C.V., at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Mexico has requested information at Merrill Lynch, Bank One Corporation and Union Bank for a criminal investigation into alleged corruption. Details are contained in an application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence - pursuant to a request

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Mexico into Maria Karen Miyasaki Hara for alleged corruption while serving as Assistant Director of Intermediate Distilled Products at P.M.I. Comercio Internacional, S.A. DE C.V., a subsidiary company of Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex).

BOLIVIA: More Controls; COLOMBIA: Casa de Cambio Banned; COSTA RICA: Uncertain Future in the Egmont Group; HONDURAS: Hunger Strike against Corruption; MEXICO: Oil Dirty; PARAGUAY: A new era?; and VENEZUELA: Venezuela and Iran, Allies.

ARGENTINAMenem off the hook, for the moment Judge Julio Speroni concluded there is not enough evidence to indict former President Carlos Menem in the case of the illegal arms sale to Croatia and Ecuador. Judge Speroni added, though, that Menem