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Federal Judge Reopens Corruption Probe Into Guanajuato Health Secretary

The ruling compels federal prosecutors to reverse a summary dismissal in order to launch full inquiries into alleged 50-million-peso contract irregularities tied to Secretary Gabriel Cortés Alcalá

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Overview

  • Judge Orlando Díaz Delgadillo overturned MPF agent Diana Martínez’s decision and ordered the federal prosecutor’s office in Guanajuato to resume all investigative diligences
  • The resolution also directs the Fiscalía General de la República to open a parallel probe into Cortés Alcalá for potential embezzlement exceeding 50 million pesos
  • Hospital director Martha Karina Rodríguez Lizola’s complaint alleges that contracts for air-conditioning, security and kitchen services were steered to ghost or newly formed companies linked to hospital staff
  • Lawyer Roberto Saucedo Pimentel has alleged collusion among Cortés Alcalá, former FGR delegate Gerardo Vázquez Alatriste and Governor Libia García Muñoz Ledo to suppress earlier scrutiny
  • Governor García Muñoz Ledo has declined to suspend or dismiss her health secretary without formal notification and the outcome of the renewed investigations