Mexico's Morena Attracts Organized Crime Funds Via Early Campaigns, Claims Opposition Leader

Guadalupe Acosta Naranjo, the national president of Somos México, has sharply criticized Morena's political maneuvering, asserting that the party's premature internal processes are a magnet for organized crime funding. He contends that no campaign can realistically sustain itself for such extended durations purely on official party allocations.

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This generates a need for money and resources, which is why they receive funds from organized crime, because how else can they sustain such a long campaign? Candidates who are local legislators, there is no way they can sustain these early campaigns with these salaries.

"This generates a need for money and resources, which is why they receive funds from organized crime, because how else can they sustain such a long campaign?" Acosta Naranjo questioned. He pointed out that candidates who are also local legislators cannot possibly fund these extended campaigns with their salaries alone.

In contrast, Acosta Naranjo declared that Somos México will not rush its candidate selection for the upcoming 2026-2027 electoral process. "We must not repeat the vices being committed elsewhere," he stated, emphasizing that while this approach might increase inequity because his party respects legality, they will refrain from engaging in premature campaigning. "We will do politics without pre-campaigns," he affirmed.

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We must not repeat the vices being committed elsewhere... We will do politics without pre-campaigns.

Acosta Naranjo also indicated that his party plans to file complaints and pursue other legal avenues regarding the issue of early campaigning. He expressed frustration over the unequal application of rules, noting that while Morena faces no repercussions for using its color, Somos México is restricted. "They get annoyed that we use pink, but nobody says anything about the 'Servidores de la Nación' using the color guinda; they don't let us use our little color," he complained.

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They get annoyed that we use pink, but nobody says anything about the 'Servidores de la Nación' using the color guinda; they don't let us use our little color.