Javier Lozano Alarcón is a Mexican politician who serves as Secretary of Labor

Secretary of Labor (Mexico)

In Mexico, the Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare is the head of the Secretariat of Labor and Social Welfare , a department of the federal government. The Secretary is a member of the federal executive cabinet.The current Secretary of Labor is Javier Lozano Alarcón ....

 in the cabinet of President Felipe Calderón

Felipe Calderón

Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa is the current President of Mexico. He assumed office on December 1, 2006, and was elected for a single six-year term through 2012...

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He was telecoms consultant.
Lozano has served as president of the Federal Telecommunications Commission (COFETEL).

Controversy

In 2007, Zhenli Ye Gon

Zhenli Ye Gon

Zhenli Ye Gon is a Mexican businessman of Chinese origin accused of trafficking pseudoephedrine or ephedrine precursor chemicals into Mexico from Asia. He is the legal representative of Unimed Pharm Chem México...

, a Chinese-Mexican businessman charged with drug

Drug

A drug, broadly speaking, is any substance that, when absorbed into the body of a living organism, alters normal bodily function. There is no single, precise definition, as there are different meanings in drug control law, government regulations, medicine, and colloquial usage.In pharmacology, a...

 trafficking, weapons possessions and money laundering

Money laundering

Money laundering is the process of disguising illegal sources of money so that it looks like it came from legal sources. The methods by which money may be laundered are varied and can range in sophistication. Many regulatory and governmental authorities quote estimates each year for the amount...

, accused Javier Lozano of forcing him to stash millions in illicit campaign funds, in the walls and closets of his Mexico City

Mexico City

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mansion. Ye Gon said that Lozano threatened to kill him, unless he stored duffel bags stuffed with at least $207 million USD. Lozano denied the accusations, and apparently tried to take legal action in the US against Ye Gon, but no legal action has been reported in 2008.