Worse still, the man who the New York Times describes as being "the driving force behind systematic bribery in Mexico," Eduardo Castro-Wright, is now vice-chairman of Wal-Mart. He is retiring in July. H. Lee Scott Jr., Wal-Mart's CEO in 2005, reportedly "rebuked internal investigators for being overly aggressive." Mike Duke, Wal-Mart's current chief executive, headed Wal-Mart International in 2005 and was "kept informed" about the internal investigation into the bribery allegations.