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Sheinbaum Orders Anti-Corruption Secretariat to Decide Fate of Customs Investigator Over Luxury Assets

The president has called on the Anti-Corruption Secretariat to determine whether Alex Tonatiuh Márquez Hernández should remain as customs investigator following disclosures of an underpriced penthouse purchase along with a watch collection valued at 7.7 million pesos.

Overview

  • Márquez Hernández paid 7.7 million pesos in March for a 240-square-meter penthouse in Polanco that real estate agents say is worth about 22 million pesos.
  • His luxury watch collection is valued at 7.7 million pesos despite earnings as a public servant and was largely acquired in cash between 2012 and 2021.
  • The Servicio de Administración Tributaria has launched an audit into his ties with Aledo S.A. de C.V., which is under investigation for allegedly moving 257 million pesos of illicit funds.
  • Residents report that unplated armored vehicles block streets in Polanco and that the official’s armed escorts have intimidated neighbors.
  • President Claudia Sheinbaum has tasked the Secretariat for Anti-Corruption and Good Government with reviewing whether Márquez Hernández should continue as head of Investigation Aduanera