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Mexico Confirms 27 Ex-Segalmex Officials Jailed as Arrest Orders Mount

The president’s no-impunity pledge intensifies scrutiny of prosecutors’ inquiries into senior roles.

Overview

  • Anticorruption chief Raquel Buenrostro said about 27 former Segalmex officials are in prison and that multiple arrest warrants remain outstanding.
  • She noted detainees include officials of varying rank and said the Attorney General’s Office is handling questions about top-level responsibility.
  • Officials have not confirmed whether former director Ignacio Ovalle is under investigation, with Buenrostro telling reporters to ask the prosecutor.
  • President Claudia Sheinbaum reiterated that there will be no impunity for any act of corruption, citing Segalmex in her morning briefing.
  • A report by Mexicanos Contra la Corrupción y la Impunidad said successor agency Alimentación para el Bienestar replicated Segalmex-style contracting by steering nearly 2 billion pesos to alleged shell firms between 2022 and 2025.