Authorities have confirmed the arrest of Mayor Diego Rivera alongside Tequila’s safety director and the heads of public works and land registry.
The group are accused of main a racketeering ring that has focused beer and tequila producers within the municipality.
Federal safety minister Omar García Harfuch mentioned in a press release on social media: “Following Operation Enjambre, during which three municipal presidents from the State of Mexico have been arrested, and because of a number of citizen complaints, Diego ‘N’, municipal president of Tequila, Jalisco, was arrested in Jalisco.
“Three different public servants from the town council have been additionally arrested: the Director of Public Security, the Director of Land Registry and Property Tax, and the Director of Public Works.
“These actions are being carried out throughout the framework of the Nationwide Technique in opposition to Extortion and the struggle in opposition to corruption instructed by President Claudia Sheinbaum.”
Investigators mentioned that Becle, the producer of Jose Cuervo was focused within the scheme, and has filed a grievance accusing the mayor’s administration of withholding permits, imposing a property tax of as much as 20 occasions the authorized fee and a superb of greater than 60 million pesos ($3.45 million) in an try to shut one of many firm’s crops.
The Jalisco governor has mentioned at the least 10 firms have filed complaints in opposition to the native administration.
Officers allege that Rivera was additionally diverting public funds and collaborating with the Jalisco New Era Cartel. The Mayor had beforehand come underneath hearth after a neighborhood live performance featured projected photographs of the cartel’s fugitive chief, Nemesio Oseguera “El Mencho.”
