Overview
- On Dec. 24, Aída Melina Martínez Rebolledo issued a public apology on social media for the Nov. 9 ceremony in Huitzuco that honored ex-governor Rubén Figueroa Figueroa at a preschool bearing his name.
- Martínez Rebolledo said she will remain in office and announced an exhaustive review of Guerrero’s civic calendar along with a proposal to amend Article 30 of Law 761 on symbols to prioritize dignifying victims.
- A communiqué with 570 signatories from the cultural community and victims’ families rejected her statement and demanded that Salgado deliver a formal apology in the state Congress under CNDH Recommendation 98VG/2023.
- Critics also pressed for removing perpetrators’ names from public spaces and questioned the government’s calendar review for excluding independent experts.
- Governor Evelyn Salgado has not commented on the tribute, and the state previously deleted official posts about the event after public backlash.