Overview
- This week the Fiscalía General de la República opened a formal carpeta de investigación and carried out ministerial diligences to inspect documents at the INE's Torre Zafiro and Tlalpan offices.
- The case was assigned to the Fiscalía Especializada en Materia de Combate a la Corrupción under María de Luz Mijangos Borja, which is integrating contracts and records tied to suppliers linked to José Alfredo Hernández Casillas.
- Financial controls have followed the criminal steps: the Unidad de Inteligencia Financiera has frozen accounts of people connected to the supplier network while auditors seek procurement files.
- The INE is cooperating with authorities even as it restructures senior staff after Guadalupe Taddei's October resignation, with about 30 resignations already and more departures in key operational posts expected.
- Parallel reviews by the Auditoría Superior de la Federación and the INE's Órgano Interno de Control continue to examine years of concentrated contracts and alleged overcosts, and outcomes could include administrative sanctions, financial penalties or criminal charges.