Officials and an activist accused the Mayor of Tequilathe morenista Diego Rivera Navarroto exercise against them gender violence, economic violence, digital harassment y threats. The case led to a complaint to the Jalisco Prosecutor’s Office.
The investigation folder 2809/2025-DX was opened with indications of the Councilors Alondra Romero Cordero (PRI) y Luz Elena Aguirre Sandoval (Morena), as well as the activist Maribel Flores Salazar.
Both councilors point out that the Violence began from the first session of the Cabildoon October 1, 2024, when the Municipal President denied them the use of their voice; and then tried to display them on social networks.
When They voted against Rivera Navarro’s initiativesthe violence escalated to the administrative field, with salary withholding; then it reached the personal, because the harassment via WhatsApp and in a way in person.
Among the reprisals declared by Romero Cordero and Aguirre Sandoval, a bombing of intimidating messages, closure of their private businesses e intervention of the Municipal Police to intimidate them.
Aguirre Sandoval stated that not even being a co-partisan of the Mayor saved her, since her private business was closed after opposing initiatives in the Plenarysuch as increases to charges in businesses in the Income Law.
The reprisals he described included police interference, since on November 11 They threatened to arrest her in the presence of minors. At the event were Romero Cordero and the independent councilor Evelyn Sarahí Castañeda Chávez.
“My fellow councilors and the one from the voice, in the company of my minor granddaughter, were doing reforestation in the San Martín de las Cañas delegation, when three patrols with elements of the Tequila Municipal Police wanted to arrest us.“, revealed.
The Morenista councilor showed that, with her, Rivera Navarro crossed the threshold of physical aggressionin events that occurred during January.
A Romero Cordero detained himwithout justification, five fortnights. He received a bombardment intimidating messages which he explained in his interview with Claudia María Suárez Torres, assigned prosecutor.
Furthermore, the activist Maribel Flores Salazarwho also filed a complaint, explained to the Prosecutor’s Office how she was approached on behalf of Rivera Navarro at an event at the recent Guadalajara International Book Fair.
He Prosecutor, Salvador González de los Santospointed out that this fact is being investigated as possible extortion.
“We are going to fully investigate those who are involved: Inspection and Surveillance, the President, those who are pointed out there (…) From the appearance of the complaint, it seems like extortion, because they are making excessive charges, they are demanding that permits be displayed when they are not being given them, perhaps, not for reasons of the company but of the City Council itself“, he stated on December 11.