Prominent Journalist and Publisher Sued in Bid to Ban Sale of Bombshell Book David Agren - The Guardian
go to original July 23, 2016

Mexican journalist Carmen Aristegui during a meeting with members of the media at the Editorial Group Random House Mondadori offices in Mexico City, on July 21, 2016. Aristegui and four other journalists referred to the recently published book 'La Casa Blanca de Pena Nieto' (Pena Nieto's White House) and about the lawsuit presented against them by MVS radio and television group president Joaquin Vargas. (Alfredo Estrella/AFP/Getty Images)

A prominent Mexican journalist and her publisher, Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, are being sued in an attempt to force them to remove a bombshell political investigation from the country’s bookstores.

The book La Casa Blanca de Peña Nieto is based on an exposé by a team lead by journalist Carmen Aristegui which revealed in 2014 that the country’s first lady had purchased a $7m mansion from a prominent contractor with close links to her husband, President Enrique Peña Nieto.

The scandal over the property – known as the White House, or Casa Blanca – sent Peña Nieto’s popularity plunging to historically low levels and wrecked his reputation internationally as a reform-minded president.

Soon after breaking the story, however, Aristegui was abruptly fired from her popular morning radio show. At the time, she accused her former employers, MVS radio, of bowing to pressure from Peña Nieto – an allegation repeated in the prologue of the book, which was published last October. MVS Radio has denied it gave way to pressure.

The Mexican government has also denied any involvement, describing Aristegui’s departure from MVS as a conflict between private parties.

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