Overview
- Ebrard, speaking Thursday at the presidential news conference, said his son stayed about six months after an offer from then ambassador Josefa González-Blanco and denied any misuse of public funds.
- The stay ran from October 2021 to April 2022 inside the official residence in Belgravia, a state-funded home used for representation and diplomatic work.
- Media reports say residence staff provided cleaning, laundry, and meals to the son, a claim Ebrard countered by praising his son’s conduct and framing the decision as a parental safety choice during the pandemic.
- There is no public record of a formal authorization for the lodging, according to El Imparcial’s review of available documents.
- The Foreign Ministry’s internal control office is examining potential wrongdoing at the London embassy, and González-Blanco later left the post after scrutiny over events hosted at the residence.