Lilly Tellez accused Minister Yasmín Esquivel of “obstruction of justice” in the case of Pío López Obrador

The member of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation granted a suspension to the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic so that it does not hand over to the INE the investigation kit against AMLO's brother for alleged illicit financing

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The Senator of the National Action Party (PAN), Lilly Tellez, accused the Minister of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN), Yasmín Esquivel Mossa, of obstruction of justice by granting a stay for the Attorney General's Office (FGR) on the case of Pío López Obrador.

Through her official Twitter account, the panista indicated that the act carried out by the minister should be identified as an act of “obstruction of justice”, and she stressed that it must be condemnable for a person dedicated to justice to act, allegedly, at the request of the head of the FGR, Alejandro Gertz Manero.

In addition, he elaborated on his remarks and ruled that such an act responded to wanting to “hide” the alleged acts of illegality that have taken place in the environment of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), so he called them a “ball of leperos”.

“This is obstruction of justice. It is incredible and condemnable that such conduct comes from a Minister of the Court at the request of the Attorney General of the Republic! And all to hide the corruption of the environment closest to the president. Ball of leperos”, he wrote this Wednesday, April 20.

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On Wednesday afternoon, it transpired that Minister Esquivel granted the Attorney General's Office a suspension so that it does not give the National Electoral Institute (INE) the investigation kit against the brother of the Mexican president, as well as David León Romero and the National Regeneration Movement (Morena) for alleged illicit financing.

It is worth remembering that it was in 2020 when the electoral body asked the FGR's Office Specialized Prosecutor for Electoral Crimes (FEDE) for the folders opened for the presumable acts that these actors did for receiving money for political campaigns.

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However, the Public Prosecutor's Office refused and explained that it was due to an ongoing investigation, and hence providing the information would correspond to a direct violation of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States (CPEUM).

The proposal of Judge Janine Otálora Malassis and Presiding Judge Reyes Rodríguez Mondragón, the plenary session of the Superior Chamber determined, by a majority of five votes in favor and two against, that the sentence was not complied with by the FEDE, as copies of the requested research kits have not been handed over to the INE .

Therefore, the INE appealed to the Electoral Tribunal of the Federation Judiciary (TEPJF) to challenge the decision, which stated that the Prosecutor's Office should accede to the petition; before which, the unit in charge of Gertz Manero filed a constitutional dispute.

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