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Infonavit Director Classifies His Asset Declaration as Confidential

Former INAI commissioner says the move challenges Mexico’s transparency rules and urges the anti‑corruption office to seek a formal review

Overview

  • Octavio Romero Oropeza, director general of Infonavit, ordered his patrimonial declaration treated as confidential, blocking public access to details such as vehicles, company incomes and other financial data.
  • The Infonavit Transparency Committee accepted reserving specific items from a July 13 disclosure request, including the number, make and value of vehicles and reported incomes from companies.
  • Former INAI commissioner Julieta Del Río Venegas argued the classification breaches Article 29 of the Ley General de Responsabilidades Administrativas and the constitutional principle of máxima publicidad.
  • Del Río said a recurso de revisión is procedurally available and asked the Secretaría Anticorrupción y Buen Gobierno to intervene because the decision lacks proper legal grounding and motivation.
  • The dispute puts oversight bodies at the center of a test over how narrowly confidentiality exceptions must be applied and raises public interest because Romero previously led Pemex during the López Obrador administration.