Montiel denies reported meeting with "El Guano" over Morena candidates

Journalist Héctor de Mauleón cites intelligence reporting about an alleged electoral arrangement in Chihuahua, while Montiel calls the accusations unfounded.

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0:26De Mauleón says a security report described an alleged Montiel-Guzmán meeting in Guadalupe y Calvo in early 2024.
0:54Montiel's public statement denies the accusations and calls them unfounded.
1:10De Mauleón describes Guzmán's territorial influence and strategic role within the Sinaloa Cartel.
2:04The discussion links the alleged arrangement to Morena's wide electoral victory locally, without establishing causation.
3:10De Mauleón maintains that intelligence reports containing the allegation exist despite Montiel's rejection.
4:58The interview expands to allegations of electoral interference in Sinaloa, Michoacán and Tamaulipas.

Ariadna Montiel has rejected allegations that she met Aureliano Guzmán Loera, known as "El Guano," to secure political advantages for Mexico's governing Morena party. In a studio interview with Mexico's Azteca Noticias, journalist Héctor de Mauleón defends his reporting while the broadcast displays Montiel's public denial.

De Mauleón tells presenter Manuel López San Martín that a security report described a meeting in early 2024 in Guadalupe y Calvo, in the northern state of Chihuahua. According to the allegation presented in the broadcast, the purpose was to arrange territorial control and favor candidates aligned with Morena. Guzmán Loera is the brother of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán; de Mauleón describes him as having held a strategic position within the Sinaloa Cartel.

Montiel now leads Morena, having become its president in May 2026. At the time of the alleged meeting, she was Mexico's welfare secretary. Her statement shown during the interview denies the accusations and describes them as unfounded. The channel also reports that the federal security cabinet rejected the allegation.

The conversation follows remarks by Chihuahua Governor Maru Campos and de Mauleón's column in El Universal. Campos belongs to the opposition National Action Party, placing the dispute between officials from opposing political camps.

De Mauleón points to Morena's wide electoral victory in Guadalupe y Calvo in 2024 as part of his account. That result does not itself establish that the alleged arrangement occurred. He says security sources have confirmed the intelligence reports, and emphasizes that a report containing the allegation exists, a distinction from independently establishing the meeting itself.

The interview then broadens to alleged electoral interference in Sinaloa, Michoacán and Tamaulipas. López San Martín closes by criticizing prosecutors' responses to such accusations; the segment announces no judicial finding on the alleged Montiel meeting.