Overview
- A judge found Selenne Hernández Herrera guilty and sentenced her to five years and five months in prison for abuse of authority for an assault inside a DIF childcare facility on May 2, 2025.
- Two accomplices were also convicted: Andrea Shantty Anzástiga Hernández, the mayor’s daughter, received two years for injuries and a fine, and municipal officer Ana Lucía Ríos Cano was sentenced to three years and two months and stripped of her police post.
- The Fiscalía General de Justicia del Estado de México said it presented sufficient evidence to the court and that no substitute penalties will be allowed for the sentences handed down on May 21–22, 2026.
- The victim, a psychological support worker at the DIF facility, suffered serious facial injuries that required hospital care after being summoned to a false meeting and then attacked.
- As a result of the verdicts the mayor must be removed and a suplente will assume municipal duties for the remainder of the term, and the case highlights prosecutors’ ability to secure criminal accountability for elected local officials.