ONE OF THE Nuevo León Governor Samuel García Sepúlveda’s main fear is losing control of the local Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU). It is directed by Carlos Mendoza Cano, a partner of the current president and his father, Samuel García Mascorro, in at least two of his offices. Faced with the risk that the opposition in the local Congress will take control of this important financial control tool from him, García has not hesitated to exercise his power.
He puts pressure on deputies and mayors of that state to join the Citizen Movement (MC), the party that Dante Delgado founded and presides over at the national level.
In recent days, at least 14 mayors and three local deputies succumbed to pressure from Samuel to jump from their respective parties to the ranks of the orange party.
This Monday saw the betrayal of three legislators: Roberto Farías of the PAN, Héctor García of the PRI and Consuelo Gálvez of Nueva Alianza, who from one day to the next joined the governor’s cause. He tried to snatch the qualified majority from the opposition, growing his caucus from 8 to 11 seats, but without succeeding in losing his opponents the 28 deputies they need to maintain control of Congress.
Among the political class of New Leon, there is already talk of the rupture of the non-aggression pact between García and the opposition, which had allowed him to carry out the first stretch of his administration without major shock.
In the local business sector there is concern about the management that it can give to the FIU and there are even complaints against Mendoza Cano before the SAT of Raquel Buenrostro and the federal FIU commanded by Pablo Gómez.
In November, real estate businessman Raymundo Ramírez Pompa filed a complaint with these two instances for his alleged participation in a network of fraud and money laundering with which he allegedly seeks to dispossess families and different firms of their assets.
However, the greatest concern is expressed among the members of the powerful Monterrey Group.
Very quickly, the young governor would have disappointed the main royal businessmen, who did not hesitate to give him their support so that he could achieve victory in June of last year.
The money men of Nuevo León see the president more busy in the state grid and in lawsuits with different actors than in solving the problems of the state.
The first sign of indignation arose with the arrest of former Governor Jaime Rodríguez, El Bronco, since one of Samuel García’s commitments was that he would not be distracted by political revenge.
With the process against his predecessor and the way in which Rodríguez was exhibited the day of his arrest, it was recorded in the business circle that the governor who emerged from MC failed his word.
The bad atmosphere that is being generated by this crusade against political leaders and the ways in which it has been conducted in recent weeks could affect MC’s image.
He chose a bad time to go out hunting, when bad results are seen in his party in the elections next Sunday in Aguascalientes, Tamaulipas, Durango, Quintana Roo, Oaxaca and Hidalgo.
WHY IS IT So thrown forward Alejandro “Alito” Moreno? The PRI president is burning all his ships without caring about being apprehended at any time. Yesterday he made public death threats, exhibited in audios the Secretary of the Interior Adán Augusto López and Senator Manuel Velasco and, in short, challenged President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. The answer to such emboldening lies in the north. The former governor of Campeche agreed about five months ago with representatives of the Joe Biden government to guarantee that the tricolor bench in the Chamber of Deputies would remain cohesive to vote against the Electricity Reform of the National Palace tenant. In return he would get the safety and security of the White House. John Kerry, the special envoy for the climate issue of the US government, had a lot to do with that agreement, who tried unsuccessfully to persuade López Obrador to refine his reform and establish a monitoring group in which companies from that country could resolve their respective differences. Let’s see how far it reaches the PRI leader.
AND YESTERDAY THE Andrés Manuel López Obrador himself continued to receive presidents and general directors of those same energy companies, which marked the completion of a week in which there are already 13 companies that Ambassador Ken Salazar takes to the National Palace in search of a solution to their respective problems derived from the application of the Energy Reform of the 4T government. This Tuesday it was the turn of Joe Goder and Arturo Vivar, from Valero Energy and Monterra Energy, respectively. Both companies have hydrocarbon storage terminals. Valero in Monterrey, which was closed and reopened, and Monterra, in Tuxpan, still closed by the Energy Regulatory Commission, chaired by Leopondo Melchi. Also present were Jeff Ramsey CEO of Flint Hills Resources and Gabriel Yamal CEO of EDP Renewables.
AND THIS RICE it’s already cooked Tomorrow there will be a Board of Directors in Altán Redes in which the new Credit in Possession of the Debtor or DIP will be approved, of which I have been informing you in the last two weeks. In the end, it will be almost 250 million dollars, of which 150 million will be contributed by the development bank, that is, Nafinsa and Bancomext, directed by Luis Antonio Ramírez, and Banobras, headed by Jorge Mendoza. Little more than a year took this entire process of financial restructuring that was entrusted to the bankruptcy expert Fernando del Castillo and his law firm Del Castillo y Castro Abogados. Álvarez & Marsal, managed by Rafael Aguirre, acted as advisor for the shared network operator, and for the Rothschild Mexican government, led by Víctor Lecrerq. In the final stretch, the participation of Carlos Lerma, the head of the office of the Secretary of the Treasury, was also decisive.
WHERE THEY ALREADY STARTED movements is in Radiopolis. Yesterday, Luis Maldonado took office as the new director, replacing Francisco Cabañas. He is a veteran executive who knows the entrails of that group, since he was the director of Finance for many years. He was the one who took care of Televisa’s money when this consortium, which today is co-chaired by Alfonso de Angoitia and Bernardo Gómez, was a shareholder and partner of Prisa. Maldonado remained as external advisor. His arrival is complemented by the entry of Javier Mondragón and Oliver Fernández as new directors. The adjustments will also impact the programming grid. Journalist Carlos Loret de Mola is expected to leave the W in August, as part of a pre-agreement reached with the Spanish at the end of March.
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