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.