Overview

• Journalist Audelino Macario published portions of José Ramiro López Obrador’s patrimonial declaration showing 13 ranches in Tabasco and 694 head of cattle.
• Reports cite cash payments of about 6.9 million pesos for land and roughly 10.4 million for livestock, with several acquisitions recorded between 2018 and 2024.
• José Ramiro says the properties are small and were bought gradually, acknowledging the purchases while declining to provide a detailed accounting.
• Coverage notes inconsistencies over timing as he initially appeared to confirm purchases during his brother’s presidency before pointing to earlier acquisitions starting around 2010.
• Additional details reported include a combined land area exceeding 2.7 million square meters and farm equipment such as a tractor bought in 2022 for about 1.2 million pesos, with no formal probe reported in these articles.