Madrid, September 21. The Spanish government, led by Socialist Pedro Sánchez, informed the Congress of Deputies that former Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto is legally residing in Spain, thanks to his " international investor visa ," also known as a " golden visa ."
The State Secretariat for Parliamentary Relations informed the Congress of Deputies in writing about the Peña Nieto case, in response to a parliamentary question from MP Jon Iñárritu of the Basque pro-independence leftist party EH-Bildu.
The Spanish government's response also acknowledged that the former Mexican president attempted to obtain residency in Spain directly "for exceptional reasons," but that the request was rejected for failing to comply with the necessary procedures .
The so-called "golden visa" is provided for in legislation passed in 2013 during the government of right-wing Mariano Rajoy, who was trying to revive the battered Spanish economy, then mired in a deep depression.
