UPDATE 1-Mexico awards highway project to sons of banned contractor
April 17, 2015 at 20:02 PM EDT
(Adds transport ministry statement) By Elinor Comlay MEXICO CITY, April 16 (Reuters) - Mexico has awarded a $75 million highway contract to a company closely linked to a contractor that was banned from government work after botching two projects, including a job on the same highway. The Communications and Transport Ministry awarded the road contract late last year to a business named Epccor. Epccor is owned by the sons of Juan Diego Gutierrez Cortina, who controls a company that i