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PAN demands FGR investigation into Andy López over alleged “fiscal huachicol” links

From El Universal · () Spanish

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

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  • PAN leader Jorge Romero Herrera urged Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office to investigate Andrés Manuel López Beltrán over alleged links to “fiscal huachicol,” a term for fuel-related tax fraud or smuggling.
  • Romero cited recently published images of López Beltrán, his brother Gonzalo, lawmaker Daniel Asaf and two businessmen meeting in Mexico City.
  • PAN officials accused the FGR of pursuing opponents while protecting figures linked to Morena and called for a full investigation.

Mexico’s opposition PAN is pressing the Attorney General’s Office to investigate Andrés Manuel López Beltrán, after images showed him meeting with his brother Gonzalo, lawmaker Daniel Asaf and two businessmen at a restaurant in Mexico City’s Condesa district.

The images say a lot, including who was sitting there.

— Jorge Romero HerreraThe PAN leader commented on images of a meeting involving Andy López, his brother, a lawmaker and two businessmen.

PAN president Jorge Romero Herrera said the photographs could not reveal what the group discussed, but argued that they still showed who was present. He linked the demand to allegations surrounding “fiscal huachicol,” a term used in the case to describe alleged fuel-related tax offenses, as well as other alleged wrongdoing.

Romero said PAN filed a complaint more than a year ago, after an investigation file reportedly mentioned Rear Admiral Fernando Farías and others in the Navy. He criticized the argument that no investigation could proceed because nobody had filed a complaint, saying his party had already done so. He also said media reports had previously publicized the alleged contents of the file.

How can they say nobody is investigating them because nobody has filed a complaint?

— Jorge Romero HerreraRomero recalled that PAN had filed a complaint more than a year earlier.

The PAN leader accused the FGR of acting against opponents while leaving Morena figures untouched. He cited former Baja California governor Ernesto Ruffo Appel and Governor Marina del Pilar Ávila as examples of what he described as unequal treatment. “We ask that the prosecutors at least pretend to work and investigate what needs to be investigated,” Romero said.

We ask that the prosecutors at least pretend to work and investigate what needs to be investigated.

— Jorge Romero HerreraHe criticized the FGR over what he described as inaction.

PAN Senate coordinator Ricardo Anaya Cortés also called for a thorough inquiry. He accused the government and the FGR of protecting their allies and described López Beltrán as being mentioned in at least two investigation files. The claims presented in the article are allegations from PAN officials, and the text does not report a response from López Beltrán or the FGR.

This regime, this narco-regime, does not touch its own people even with the petal of an investigation.

— Ricardo Anaya CortésThe PAN Senate coordinator accused the government and the FGR of protecting allies.
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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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