Overview
- Abelina López said a supporter gave her the Van Cleef & Arpels Vintage Alhambra necklace as a birthday present and insisted she did not buy it.
- Multiple outlets identified the piece and cited list prices between roughly 227,000 and 248,000 pesos, while López added that the necklace is “not even gold.”
- Morena’s Guerrero leader Jacinto González Varona labeled the acceptance of such a costly gift an error and urged prudence and transparency from officials.
- Mexico’s General Law of Administrative Responsibilities forbids public servants from accepting gifts, a standard now central to the public debate over the incident.
- The controversy resurfaces scrutiny of López’s administration as a separate ASE complaint over about 898 million pesos in unaccounted funds remains unresolved and she has sought legal protection.