Overview
- Trade Atlas data cited in the broadcast lists a March 15, 2024 import of a framed, hand-made painting identified in the report as by Yayoi Kusama.
- Manabia Fine Arts in Tokyo is named as the gallery that shipped the piece from Japan to Mexico.
- The import declaration reports a value of 500,000 pesos, roughly $30,000, with a declared weight of about 12.5 kilograms.
- The shipment was received at Odontología 57 in Mexico City, an apartment associated with the López Obrador family, according to the investigation.
- López Beltrán is Morena’s Organization secretary and the son of former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, as noted in the coverage.