Overview
- A federal judge found Ricardo Mejía Zayas and José Francisco Monroy Gaytán guilty of improper use of authority tied to an irregular Sedesol–UIEM agreement.
- The court ordered 62,877,192 pesos in reparations after determining the university subcontracted 100% of the services at a lower price and used irregular documentation.
- Legal substitutes under the Federal Penal Code allow the pair to avoid prison only if they guarantee or pay the full amount to the State.
- The case stems from the 2015 coordination agreement UCD/33901/010/2015 for CUIS surveys, for which Sedesol paid about 124.1 million pesos.
- Outlets reported this as the first conviction linked to the broader Estafa Maestra scheme, and the decision can still be appealed as wider accountability remains unresolved.