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Infonavit Director’s Assets Classified as Confidential, Including His Salary

From El Universal · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

At a glance

News Documents & data Outcome reported
  • Infonavit director Octavio Romero Oropeza requested that information about his assets, bank accounts, vehicles, business income and salary remain confidential.
  • The institute’s Transparency Committee approved the classification, preventing public access through Mexico’s Declaranet and Nómina Transparente platforms.
  • The decision contrasts with former Infonavit director Carlos Martínez Velázquez, who made his asset declarations public, and follows a decree by President Claudia Sheinbaum calling for greater federal transparency.

Octavio Romero Oropeza has kept his financial declaration out of public view since becoming director of Mexico’s Infonavit. The information classified as confidential includes his income, properties, bank accounts and other financial details, as well as his total monthly salary.

On July 13, after a private citizen requested a copy of the declaration, Infonavit’s Transparency Committee also reserved information about the number, make and value of Romero Oropeza’s vehicles. The committee withheld income from companies linked to him as well. Romero Oropeza previously served as director-general of Pemex during Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s presidency.

A committee resolution says the withheld information covers the types and extent of the assets he owns, how he acquired them, and their value. It also includes the number and balances of his bank accounts, vehicles, jewelry, artwork and household furnishings. The resolution states that “The declarant did not agree to publish the information in his asset declaration.”

Because of the classification, the declaration cannot be consulted publicly on Declaranet, operated by the Secretariat for Anti-Corruption and Good Government. The Nómina Transparente platform, also operated by the secretariat, likewise does not show Romero Oropeza’s gross and net monthly pay.

Mexico’s General Transparency and Access to Public Information Law allows information to be temporarily classified for reasons of public interest or national security under the law. Its General Law of Administrative Responsibilities requires all federal public servants to file annual declarations of assets and interests.

The decision has drawn attention because Carlos Martínez Velázquez, who led Infonavit during the previous administration, made his asset declarations public. It also came after President Claudia Sheinbaum signed a decree at the National Palace on Aug. 4 requiring federal government information to be made transparent, with restrictions limited to national security or ongoing judicial proceedings.

The declarant did not agree to publish the information in his asset declaration.

· Infonavit Transparency Committee resolutionThe wording appears in the resolutions that classified Romero Oropeza’s asset information as confidential.
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Originally published by El Universal in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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