Overview
- Morena’s Senate leader oversaw delivery of roughly 13 boxes with 20 copies each to all 67 senators, totaling about 17,420 copies of Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s book Grandeza.
- He told reporters the purchase came from his own resources and not Senate or caucus funds, framing the volumes as seasonal gifts for constituents.
- Reporters documented a truck drop-off at the Senate on Dec. 5 with staff moving boxes to offices, highlighting the scale and optics of using legislative facilities for the handoff.
- Cost estimates vary with per-book prices reported between 329 and 600 pesos, and some media calculations using 448 pesos peg the outlay near 3 million pesos.
- López Hernández said he gave about 100 copies per senator, yet deliveries observed in offices show closer to 260 each, and unconfirmed reports suggest costs could be deducted from senators’ prerogatives or the caucus budget.
- The operation follows a similar November distribution of President Claudia Sheinbaum’s book to the same Senate bloc.