Overview

• Escalante confirmed receiving calls from four Morena-affiliated deputies and higher-level party figures to halt the suspension of a luxury hotel but has not yet identified them publicly.
• President Claudia Sheinbaum urged full transparency and warned that officials may face administrative consequences if undue influence is confirmed.
• Profeco’s mandate allows it to inspect and suspend noncompliant businesses; it has launched a review of possible administrative sanctions for the legislators involved.
• Morena national president Luisa María Alcalde rejected any existence of influentism within the party and insisted no members sought to intervene in regulatory actions.
• The incident underscores intra-party strains within Morena; it reinforces Sheinbaum’s anti-corruption drive to insulate federal agencies from political interference.