Overview
- The Auditoría Superior de la Federación said Monday it is conducting investigations with cooperating informants who have provided testimony, documents, photos, videos, financial records, addresses and WhatsApp messages.
- The INE filed a formal complaint with the Fiscalía General de la República on November 6 to ask prosecutors to determine whether the procurement irregularities amount to crimes.
- ASF auditors reported indications that final beneficiaries of certain companies intervened in supplier selection and in setting technical requirements, and they flagged allegations of a duopoly that concentrated INE contracts.
- The informant cooperation is being processed under the Programa de Reducción de Sanciones, which can cut administrative penalties by roughly 50–70% when participants meet legal conditions for full cooperation.
- The probe builds on a broader ASF review of electoral contracts from 2000 to 2025 and on prior findings that two corporate groups logged about 8,870.3 million pesos in public operations between 2014 and 2026, and investigators say they will continue tracing funds and identifying responsible parties.