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Sen. Heinrich LD heads to company in ISIS controversy

Posted by Keturah Hetrick on July 15, 2020

A Democratic senator's top policy aide has left the Hill for a controversy-riddled multinational manufacturer.

Virgilio Barrera is now director of government and public affairs at LafargeHolcim. Lafarge, a French company that later merged with Holcim to form LafargeHolcim, has found itself at the center of several controversies, including charges of paying money to ISIS in order to keep its business running in Syria. It's also faced boycotts over its willingness to provide cement to build President Trump's Mexican border wall.

Barrera comes from the office of Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), where he was legislative director. He's also worked for ex-Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) and as a lobbyist for Holland & Knight and the Western Growers Association.