Overview
- Adán Augusto López Hernández resigned on February 1 from coordinating Morena’s Senate group and from the presidency of the Senate’s Junta de Coordinación Política at the start of the new session.
- He said he will not request leave from his seat and will focus on territorial and party organization work, keeping his legislative fuero.
- Reporting connects his fall to political ties with Hernán Bermúdez Requena and the criminal group La Barredora; Bermúdez was captured in Paraguay in September and sent to the Altiplano prison, and López Hernández had appointed him Tabasco’s security chief as governor.
- Analysts argue the change reduces reputational damage to Morena and helps President Claudia Sheinbaum recover authority and parliamentary interlocution with the opposition as legislative priorities advance.
- Columns foresee a setback and reconfiguration for the Grupo Tabasco faction and cite allegations of large notary incomes and business links tied to government contracts, while successor Ignacio Mier brings familiarity from his prior leadership in the lower house.