President Claudia Sheinbaum spoke about the preventive detention issued against the former director of Pemex, Víctor Rodríguez Padilla, accused of family aggression and vicarious violence. In his morning conference, he stated that “neither friendship nor charges are above the law.”
We all saw a video that the victim uploaded to social networks where it is evident that there is violence on the part of Víctor; In that case, as in all, that is very important: neither friendship nor positions are above the law. That has always been our position and that is how we will always act.
Sheinbaum added that it is up to the Morelos Prosecutor’s Office to determine the procedure. On Wednesday, Judge Adriana Carrera Ortiz imposed the precautionary measure after reviewing the elements of the investigation file, made up of the complaint of family and vicarious abuse against the wife and youngest daughter of the former official.
Details of the case and defense of the victims
The act of aggression was recorded in a video released by the victim herself, which occurred in a home in the Country Club subdivision, in Emiliano Zapata, Morelos. Sheinbaum reiterated: “We will always defend the victims.”
The president also referred to the resolution of the Michoacán Court that determined that Senator Gerardo Fernández Noroña exercised gender-based political violence against Mayor Grecia Quiroz. The senator announced that he will appeal the ruling. Sheinbaum pointed out that “the corresponding authorities” must resolve it and stressed his commitment to the victims.
According to the ruling, Fernández Noroña demeaned the management of the mayor, who took office after the death of her husband, Carlos Manzo. Sheinbaum concluded: “Be with the victims and with justice, always.”
