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As the June 2 election, we have seen the aspirations of some politicians ‘fall’. Today it was the turn of former governor of Tamaulipas, Francisco García Cabeza de Vacawho had his candidacy as multi-member deputy by the Electoral Tribunal of the Judicial Branch of the Federation (TEPJF).
This Wednesday, the Upper Room of the TEPJF He reversed Cabeza de Vaca’s registration as a federal deputy, with four votes in favor and one against Judge Reyes Rodríguez Mondragón. In addition, he gave a period of 48 hours to the National Action Party (BREAD) to present the replacement of the candidacy before the General Council of the INE.
On the other hand, in the same session, the judges approved the candidacy of Ricardo Anaya Cortes to the Senate of the Republicalthough Brunette He challenged the registration granted by the electoral body. Anaya seeks a senatorship through the principle of proportional representation (multi-member) as the number three place on the PAN list.
What arguments did the TEPJF give to annul Cabeza de Vaca’s candidacy?
The project, endorsed by a majority, was carried out by the Judge Janine Otálorawho argued that there are two arrest warrants in force against the former governor of Tamaulipaswhose crimes merit informal preventive detention.
The judge pointed out that, in his case, the criminal action has not prescribed, so it is a matter of a fugitive from justice. In addition, he cited judicial evidence that García Cabeza de Vaca has evaded justice in order to avoid being detained.
He Magistrate Reyes Rodríguez Mondragón He was the only one to express his rejection of the project. He said that García Cabeza de Vaca has suspensions of protection against arrest warrants, so his political-electoral rights are not suspended.
“There is no court order that determines this, there is no electoral authority that registers it and therefore its electoral registration has been removed,” he indicated at the Council meeting.
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Reyes Mondragón insisted that An arrest warrant is not enough to suspend a person’s political and electoral rights. and much less to prevent his registration as a candidate for a popularly elected position.
Morena ‘intends to derail my candidacy’, Cabeza de Vaca accuses
Through your account xGarcía Cabeza de Vaca accused Morena of promoting the challenge of his candidacy and denounced that “The matter is riddled with irregularities”.
He stated that the INEso “illegal” and “arbitrary” He requested information from the Attorney General’s Office (FGR) and various authorities about investigation files that were “under ministerial secrecy,” which he provided directly as evidence before the Electoral Court.
“The FGR acted in a suspiciously diligent manner”said.
Likewise, he stated that the TEPJF project that has been disseminated in the media, regarding the revocation of his registration, implies “willful disregard of the amparo resolutions that favor him: “If the Superior Court gives in to pressure from Morena, “It will have set a risky precedent for the Republic,” he warned.
What is the former governor of Tamaulipas accused of?
Francisco García Cabeza de Vaca, who was governor of Tamaulipas from 2016 to 2022, is accused by the FGR of organized crime crimes, money laundering and fiscal fraud.
Since 2020, the Prosecutor’s Office intensified investigations against him due to his alleged links to organized crime, specifically with he Sinaloa Cartelsince presumably The former governor had around 13 corporate companies linked to this cartel and that of Colombia.
Later, The FBI reported on an alleged meeting in 2012 between Cabeza de Vaca and Genaro García LunaSecretary of Security during the government of Felipe Calderón, as well as with the drug trafficker Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán.
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