The Attorney General’s Office (FGR) was linked to the process against René Gavira Segreste, former head of the Mexican Food Security Administration and Finance Unit (Segalmex), who allegedly bought stock certificates with resources from the agency.
Through the Specialized Prosecutor for Organized Crime (Femdo), he obtained from a judge the link to the process against the former official for his probable responsibility in the crime of illicit use of powers and powers.
According to the FGR, the former head of the Administration and Finance Unit of Segalmex in the period from February 14, 2019 to June 30, 2020, presumably authorized the purchase, in June 2020, of 100,000 stock certificates with a total value of 100 million pesos, using public resources from Segalmex’s assets, through a Brokerage House.
The prosecution indicated that said authorization to purchase private trust stock certificates with public resources is illegal, because the Organic Statute of Segalmex indicates that the general director did not have the power to place public resources in such certificates.
The purchase was also contrary to what is established in the Guidelines for the Management of the Financial Availability of the Parastatal Entities of the Federal Public Administration.
On April 6 of this year, in an initial hearing, the defense requested that the legal situation of the accused be resolved, so that with the data provided by the agent of the Public Ministry of Femdo, the judge of the case issued a link to the process by the crime already mentioned and granted a term of six months for the complementary investigation.
The judge also issued precautionary measures against René Gavira, including biweekly signing before the Unit for Precautionary Measures and Conditional Suspension of the Process (Umeca); prohibition to leave Mexico City and the Metropolitan Zone; prohibition to approach witnesses, and economic guarantee.