US EditionCloses Tepjf Case Pio López Obrador
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The Superior Chamber of the Electoral Tribunal of the Judicial Power of the Federation (TEPJF) confirmed – unanimously and without discussion – the criterion of the National Electoral Institute (INE) regarding that there were no illegal contributions to the presidential campaign of Andrés Manuel López Obrador in 2018, as a result of the receipt of cash by his brother Pio Lorenzo, from David León.
Without discussion, the Superior Chamber of the Electoral Tribunal of the Judiciary confirmed the INE’s decision to close the investigation against Pío López Obrador and David León for allegedly diverting resources to Morena. The secretary who presented the project of Judge Mónica Soto did not even read the names of those involved or mention the party. On August 21, the National Electoral Institute decided, after five years of investigation, to …
On March 18, 2026, the Superior Chamber of the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary (TEPJF) upheld the decision of the National Electoral Institute (INE) to close the investigation against Pío López Obrador, brother of former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, for the alleged misuse of funds to the Morena party. The following day, Pío López Obrador released a video message in which he denied… Source
Nine years after the film was filmed Pio López Obrador, brother of the former president, receiving yellow envelopes with money “for the movement” from David León, adviser to Manuel Velazco, then governor of Chiapas and now leader of the PVEM, the Electoral Tribunal of the Judicial Power of the Federation TRIFE, dismissed the complaint filed for electoral crimes.Although at the time former president López Obrador said that the money of the yellow…
Unanimously and without discussion, the judges endorsed the agreement of the INE that determines that there is no evidence to incriminate him for the videos in which he appears receiving money from David León Romero, then operator of Manuel Velasco.
The TEPJF confirmed a contested INE ruling that there was no strong evidence to determine that there was illicit funding for Morena. Drafting / Animal Politico Without any debate, the Electoral Tribunal of the Judicial Power of the Federation (TEPJF) filed a case of contributions received by Pío López, the brother of former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
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