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Latinus: Morena Official Andy López Beltrán Imported Yayoi Kusama Artwork for 500,000 Pesos in 2024

The report relies on trade records with gallery documents showing shipment from Tokyo to a family-linked Mexico City address.

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.