La Derecha Diario FGR summons 14 former officials for embezzlement linked to Gilberto Herrera
The former rector of UAQ and current radical federal deputy from Morena is accused of diverting 320 million pesos (705,479 pounds) through CONACYT
Mexico City. The Attorney General's Office (FGR) summoned 14 former officials from the Autonomous University of Querétaro (UAQ) for alleged acts of corruption. The events took place during Gilberto Herrera Ruiz's administration, who currently holds a seat in the Chamber of Deputies for the Morena party.
The investigation, registered under file FED/FECC/FECCQRO/0000765/2020, is in the hands of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office. Crimes contemplated in the Federal Penal Code will be charged.
A network of officials under scrutiny
The individuals involved include: Alonso Cárdenas Alarcón, Oscar Guerra Becerra, Rosalba Rodríguez Durán, Eusebio Ventura Ramos, Edgar Arturo Quevedo Martínez, and Víctor Rodríguez Curioca Ramírez. Leticia del Carmen Pavón, Ana Gabriela Gasca González, Edgar Gabriel Masse, Sergio Manuel Hernández, Francisco Javier Villafuerte, Roberto Lara Amaya, Rigoberto Contreras Cortés, and Silvia Méndez Martha were also summoned.
Federal authorities have scheduled initial hearings before the District Judge Specialized in the Accusatory Criminal System, based in Mexico City.
A pattern reminiscent of the "Estafa Maestra"
The original complaint was filed by José Alejandro Ramírez Reséndiz, then UAQ comptroller. He detected a network of public funds triangulation, especially from Conacyt, during Herrera Ruiz's administration.
"Evidently, it's a kind, as it was known at the time, of triangulation, of the 'Estafa Maestra'," stated Ramírez Reséndiz.
Simulated services and millions diverted
The investigation indicates that simulated agreements were signed with other institutions, justifying academic or scientific services that were never carried out. The estimated diversion exceeds 320 million pesos (705,479 pounds), a serious blow to public finances and the integrity of UAQ.
The silence of Morena contrasts with the magnitude of the scandal.
Official omission and institutional complicity
So far, the FGR hasn't issued substantive statements. Meanwhile, the State Attorney General's Office (FGE) and the Financial Intelligence Unit are following at least ten additional lines of investigation for possible money laundering offenses.
Meanwhile, Gilberto Herrera continues to serve as a legislator, protected by the party that made the fight against corruption its banner. This situation represents a serious contradiction with the official discourse.
The protection of questioned former officials has become a constant in Morena's government.
From the classroom to Congress, under suspicion
The UAQ case compromises the credibility of academic and legislative institutions. Herrera Ruiz, now a federal deputy, is a key figure in an alleged multimillion-dollar fraud that exposes the true priorities of the ruling party. Far from eradicating corruption, Morena has recycled the old practices of the regime it claimed to combat.
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