Mexican Mayor Accused of Faking Her Kidnapping in Embezzlement Scheme
Prosecutors say the alleged scheme covered $2 million in public funds, and Napoles has denied the accusation and said she will cooperate.
- On Thursday, June 18, authorities alleged that Nancy Napoles, the municipal president of Tenancingo, faked her own kidnapping to embezzle $2 million in government funds disguised as ransom.
- Investigators suggest the mayor's husband and brother-in-law orchestrated the 'false kidnapping' to justify the theft of 40 million pesos already embezzled from local government coffers.
- Armed men forced Napoles into a vehicle at gunpoint, but an observant witness tipped off police, who launched a search and forced the perpetrators to abandon the mission.
- Calling the accusations 'politicised,' Napoles denied any involvement and stated she is willing to cooperate with authorities to ensure 'the guilty actors are punished.'
- Prosecutors requested that Napoles provide testimony on July 9 regarding the 'simulation of a kidnapping,' though no arrest warrants have been issued for her, unlike her fleeing accomplices.
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The Manila TimesMexican mayor accused of faking her kidnapping in embezzlement scheme
A Mexican mayor allegedly faked her own kidnapping to embezzle $2 million worth of government funds disguised as ransom, local authorities said Thursday.
Mexico City, 18 Jun (EFE).- The Mexican mayor of the municipality of Tenancingo (State of Mexico), Nancy Naples Pacheco, accused by the authorities of simulating her own kidnapping in order to obtain a ransom of more than two million dollars, denounced on Thursday that there is a "political purpose to discredit me" and asked not to create "expiatory or false scapegoats". "In all these actions there is a political purpose to discredit me as a per…
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elnorte.comAlleged kidnapping of Mayor of Tenancingo, Nancy N Poles, has been planned to justify missing 40 mdp of municipal treasury.
Toluca, Méx., The Attorney General's Office of Justice of the State of Mexico (FGJEM) reported that it had instituted criminal proceedings against six persons for the crime of kidnapping simulation, in which Tenancingo's mayor Nancy Naples Pacheco, who reported having been deprived of her liberty on June 1st, reportedly participated. The Munícipe was a local deputy (2018-2021) and for five years has been president of the State Council of Morena,…
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