Overview
- Sheinbaum defended her administration Tuesday by rejecting U.S. accusations against officials and saying opposition campaigns that label Morena corrupt no longer sway public opinion.
- Sheinbaum told reporters that the Unidad de Inteligencia Financiera issued a resolution ordering businessmen linked to the procurement cases to return funds and that authorities are locating properties to repay the state.
- The Fiscalía General de la República and the UIF have open investigations into companies that sold surveillance and espionage systems, and recent reporting says former Federal Police officials Frida Martínez Zamora and Damián Canales Mena were sanctioned over the diversion of more than $65 million.
- The president accused Genaro García Luna of creating private firms after leaving office that sold cameras and spy equipment either at many times their market price or that never arrived, and said those networks persisted into 2018.
- The unfolding probes and asset-recovery actions could return money to the government and shape political debate as Mexico and U.S. legal moves prompt further domestic sanctions and reporting.