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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.

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.

The specialized Control judge, Adriana Correa, issued an order to bring proceedings against Víctor Rodríguez Padilla, former director of Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), for the crime of family violence to the detriment of his wife, María Felicia Jiménez Lavie, and his minor son.

Forgiveness without legal value

The case took an unexpected turn: the defense presented a document signed by the victim in which he granted forgiveness to Rodríguez Padilla and requested not to continue with the process to seek reconciliation. However, the judge rejected the document, considering that it has no probative value, since the crime is prosecuted ex officio and the signature is not legally certified.

Imputation for vicarious violence dismissed

The judge dismissed the charge of vicarious violence. He argued that the evidence did not prove that the former official tried to abduct or retain his son. On the contrary, it was proven that he lived with the minor days after the attack against his partner.

Next steps

The defense requested the conditional suspension of the process, which would allow Rodríguez Padilla to remain free. The judge considered the request viable, but conditioned its admissibility on the victim appearing personally to ratify the pardon. For this reason, he summoned a new hearing for this Tuesday at 8:15 a.m.

In addition, he instructed the Prosecutor’s Office to interview María Felicia Jiménez to explain the legal implications of her request. The intermediate hearing, where the evidence from both parties will be analyzed, was set for October 13.

Defense questions evidence

During the hearing, the former director’s lawyers questioned the authenticity of the video of the attack—without audio—and pointed out that there are no eyewitnesses. The judge rejected those arguments: she considered the video as relevant evidence and recalled that family violence usually occurs in private.