Mexico's electoral institute takes contracting allegations to federal prosecutors

A television report links the complaint to leaked recordings about alleged ghost jobs, staffing decisions and threats to release compromising material.

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0:33Citing Latinus, the presenter says Hernández Casillas threatened disclosure after losing contracts.
1:13A leaked recording contains his warning that compromising material is backed up abroad.
2:14Another recording discusses 62 eliminated positions, including two people associated with Iliana.
3:02The presenter relays an allegation that public funds paid for a personal massage therapist.
5:10The report says the INE filed a formal complaint with the federal prosecutor's office.
5:33PRI representative Emilio Suárez calls on prosecutors to investigate the alleged irregularities.

Mexico's National Electoral Institute has filed a formal complaint with federal prosecutors to establish responsibility for alleged irregularities, according to Mexico's Azteca Noticias. The report places that step alongside recordings involving Guadalupe Taddei and contractor José Alfredo Hernández Casillas.

The INE is the autonomous public body responsible for organizing Mexico's federal elections and participating in state and local electoral processes. The allegations concern its contracts and payroll, not evidence presented in this segment of altered election results.

Citing reporting by Mexican news outlet Latinus, the broadcast says Hernández Casillas threatened to release compromising recordings after being removed from contracts. In one audio excerpt, he says he has statements and videos backed up abroad and warns that material implicating Taddei and the institute would emerge if anything happened to him.

A separate recording turns to staffing. Hernández Casillas discusses the removal of 62 positions and says two people associated with a woman named Iliana were among those let go in December. The presenter connects that conversation to allegations of "aviadores," a Mexican term for people carried on a payroll without doing the corresponding work.

The broadcast identifies Iliana Araceli Hernández as a former executive secretary and relays an allegation in the recordings that a personal massage therapist was hired using public funds. These are accusations aired in the report, not findings established by the excerpts themselves.

The presenter also criticizes government-aligned figures for responding politically rather than pursuing an investigation. The segment closes with Emilio Suárez, identified as the Institutional Revolutionary Party's representative before the INE, urging prosecutors to act and provide answers to the Mexican public. The complaint marks a referral for investigation, not a determination of guilt.

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