Minister Yasmín Esquivel grants FGR a suspension so that it does not deliver the file of the Pío López Obrador case to the INE


The minister of Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN), Yasmin Esquivel Mossagranted a suspension to the Attorney General of the Republic (FGR) so that it does not deliver, as ordered by the Electoral Tribunal of the Judicial Power of the Federation, the investigation folders on Pio Lopez Obradorbrother of the current President of the Republic.

“If the precautionary measure is not granted in the terms and for the specified effects, irreversible damage would be caused, because if the requested documentation is granted, it would be impossible to return things to the state they were in, thereby allowing their effects to be irreparably consumed; which is contrary to the legal nature of the precautionary measure in question,” said an agreement by the minister.

On February 22, in a private session, by a majority of five votes, the magistrates of the Electoral Court of the Judicial Power of the Federation (TEPJF) they ordered the Attorney General of the Republic (FGR) to promptly deliver to the National Electoral Institute (INE) the information related to the investigation folder underway in the Specialized Prosecutor for Electoral Crimes (Fisel) for the bundles of money that Pío received López Obrador, brother of the President of the Republic, Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

The INE resorted to the Court because a month had passed since it ordered the Prosecutor’s Office to deliver the investigation folder due to the appearance of a video where Pío López Obrador was observed. receive in 2015 wads of money from David Leónformer national coordinator of Civil Protection.

That February 22, with the vote against the magistrates Mónica Soto Fregoso and José Luis Vargas Valdez, and in favor of the magistrates Janine Otálora, Indalfer Infante, Reyes Rodríguez, Felipe de la Mata Pizaña, Alfredo Fuentes Barrera, the Court determined that the incidents of breach of judgment presented by National Electoral Institute (INE) are founded, because it was shown that the Special Prosecutor for Electoral Crimes has not delivered the information requested by the INE.

Previously, on December 22, the Superior Chamber of the TEPJF ordered the Fisel to deliver to the INE the documentation related to various investigation folders under its charge, since said information is necessary for the INE to carry out processes of control of the expenses of the political parties.

The INE presented a brief to the Superior Chamber in which it stated that more than 30 days had passed without Fisel complying with the sentence issued by the Superior Chamber of the TEPJF; therefore, and assuming that the ministerial secrecy does not oppose the power to audit the income and expenses of political parties, the INE asked the TEPJF to rule on the situation.

At the magistrate’s suggestion Janine Otalora Malassis and of the presiding magistrate Reyes Rodríguez Mondragón, the plenary session of the Superior Chamber of the Court determined that the sentence has been breached by Fisel, since the copies of the investigation folders requested from the INE have not been delivered.

Given the situation and in order to ensure due compliance with the rulings, the TEPJF resolved to order the FEDE to comply with the main ruling as soon as possible.

It should be noted that the Attorney General’s Office filed an action of unconstitutionality before the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) in order to avoid submitting said information to the INE.



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