Tlaxcala Electoral Institute Orders Senator Ana Lilia Rivera to Remove Political Advertising

Ana Lilia Rivera Rivera must remove 85 painted walls and one banner bearing her name after the Tlaxcala Electoral Institute approved a precautionary measure against the senator on leave.

Rivera requested leave from the Senate to seek the state coordination role for the defense of transformation and national sovereignty. That move could position her to compete for the governorship in 2027.

The institute stressed that the measure only prevents further exposure of the political advertising. It does not determine whether an infraction occurred. That question will be decided when authorities rule on the substance of the complaint.

The council also referred five municipalities to their internal control bodies because they had not submitted reports confirming the removal of advertising from the 2023-2024 election. The municipalities are Atltzayanca, Cuapiaxtla, Nanacamilpa de Mariano Arista, Tetla de la Solidaridad and Santa Apolonia Teacalco. The bodies will determine whether sanctions apply.

The institute reprimanded the Institutional Revolutionary Party and the Labor Party, along with Carlos Hernández Castillo, an independent candidate for mayor of Apizaco, for failing to remove advertising from the same election. It also redistributed 2026 public financing to include the parties Paz and Somos Mx in the equal-share portion of funding from September through December. Because the new parties lack votes from the previous lower-house majority election, they qualify only for the 30% distributed equally among registered parties. The council also updated political parties’ deductions for fines.

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But it does not determine that there was an infringement; that will, in any event, be a matter for the decision addressing the substance of the complaint.