Overview
- The Supreme Court, in a unanimous Monday decision, declared invalid the Auditoría Superior del Estado de Guerrero’s Individual Audit report and the office ASE-1380/2025 that sought records for 898,633,453 pesos from the FAISMUN fund.
- The ruling annulled any administrative sanctions or procedures that flowed from the state audit for municipal officials, but the court said this procedural nullity does not block competent authorities from investigating the same funds.
- The decision leaves the Auditoría Superior de la Federación (ASF) as the sole constitutional authority to audit federal transfers to municipalities, so the substantive review of how the 898.6 million pesos were used remains possible at the federal level.
- Abelina López, Acapulco’s mayor on leave, hailed the verdict, said she supplied documentation to the ASF, and noted the ASF previously audited about 1,122 million pesos and recorded a single 3.7 million peso observation that the municipality says it resolved.
- The ruling resolves controversy 174/2025 and sets a nationwide precedent limiting state audit powers over federal grants; the next developments to watch are whether the ASF opens a fresh substantive probe and how the decision affects López’s local political and legal standing.