Overview
- Prosecutors executed nine of 10 arrest warrants last week and a judge on Sunday validated the detentions and ordered preventive prison while the initial hearing continues.
- The indictment alleges officials registered people as teachers at inactive or nonexistent schools, issued biweekly payroll payments to bank cards, and had scheme members collect cash withdrawals.
- Court documents attribute 168 irregular hires and 324 payroll movements between January and November 2025 to the operation and a cooperating witness said the scheme began in 2021 and generated about 10 million pesos monthly before his death in April.
- Among those detained is former director general of personnel Óscar Guzmán Aragón and several current and ex‑DGP officials, while one warrant for Eduardo N., a former subdirector of payment control, remains outstanding.
- If proven, the case could mean large fiscal losses for the state education payroll, trigger further personnel and institutional reviews, and test whether the prosecution can individually tie each defendant to specific acts during the ongoing judicial phase.