Former Pemex director arrested for family violence

The reasons behind legal forgiveness

Surprisingly, María Felicia Jiménez Lavie granted legal forgiveness to her husband, Víctor Rodríguez Padilla, former director of Pemex who was facing a trial for attacks at home.

The forgiveness was formalized through a document presented before the Control Judge, Adriana Correa Ortiz. Jiménez Lavie, an engineer of Cuban origin, expressed her desire to stop the judicial files in Morelos and Mexico City. He argued that he seeks to avoid the emotional exhaustion of his minor children and that he has achieved a genuine reconciliation.

The decision took both the Prosecutor’s Office and the defense by surprise. The evidence in the case had recently been strengthened, including a video spread on social networks that showed the physical assault that occurred last March within a subdivision of the municipality of Emiliano Zapata.

In the document, the victim indicated that continuing with the criminal investigation against her will would represent institutional revictimization, damaging the stability and dynamics of her family unit. Given this withdrawal, the judge set a hearing for this Tuesday at 8:00 a.m., in which Jiménez Lavie must formally appear to recognize his signature and ratify the writing.

If the legal procedure is completed, the former federal official would obtain his immediate release from prison to continue the process in freedom. The decision is based on the criterion of privileging the harmonious development and unity of the home.

President Claudia Sheinbaum called on civil society, political forces and Congress to close ranks against the violation of the human rights of Mexicans in the United States.

Criminal complaints for deaths of fellow nationals

In the morning conference, the president reported that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will formalize criminal complaints this Monday before the Department of Justice and US state prosecutors’ offices for the death of 17 compatriots. The deaths occurred in custody or in operations of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE).

Sheinbaum explained that Foreign Minister Roberto Velasco Álvarez contacted the US ambassador to Mexico, Ronald Johnson, to notify him of the international legal procedures in defense of the migrant community. The ambassador was receptive, according to the president, who clarified that the Mexican position does not seek a diplomatic conflict with its main commercial and security partner, but rather to establish a firm limit against abuses against individual guarantees.

The National Electoral Institute (INE) took oath this Monday to the leaders of the new parties PAZ and Somos México, which obtained their registration as of July 1. During the ceremony, both representatives expressed disagreement with previous decisions of the electoral body.

Statements from the leaders

Hugo Éric Flores, Morenoist deputy and leader of PAZ, demanded that the General Council of the INE guarantee that every vote counts. He pointed out that in the previous election there were discrepancies in the counting of boxes, which affected the registration of the old PES.

“We still do not understand why the results of the election changed. Only two hundredths separate the old PES from the previous record. Five years ago 30 thousand boxes should have been counted and only 20 thousand boxes were counted and they left us on the edge of the record.”

Flores assured that the party never left and that today they return to stay: “We want institutions that guarantee that every vote of Mexicans is counted.”

Guadalupe Acosta Naranjo, leader of Somos México, claimed the INE’s instruction to change the name and color of the party due to an alleged coincidence with Fuerza por México, which has local registration. He stated that, although they are opposition, they will offer proposals.

“We are the opposition, yes, without a doubt, but we will be options, proposals and solutions. We will lay the foundations so that in 2030 we will recover our republic and our democracy. They ordered us to change our name, but we freely decided to be We are Mexico, we are pink tide, we are worthy, we are free and we are democrats for Mexico.”

Both parties seek to consolidate towards the 2027 election. The registration obtained represents a step in the recomposition of the national political map.