US EditionTequila Town Turmoil: Mayor Arrested in Cartel Corruption Scandal
Diego Rivera Navarro and three officials face charges of extortion, fund diversion, and cartel collusion targeting major distillers including Becle and José Cuervo, federal authorities said.
- On Thursday, federal forces detained Diego Rivera Navarro, mayor of Tequila, Jalisco, and three municipal officials during raids tied to Operación Enjambre.
- After multiple corporate complaints, state authorities of Jalisco intervened following at least 10 companies filed grievances against Rivera for extortion and diversion of public funds.
- Late last year, Jose Cuervo filed a complaint accusing the mayor's administration of imposing a property tax up to 20 times the legal rate and fining more than 60 million pesos , while investigators said major producers including Becle were targeted.
- Authorities warned the case exposes risks to firms in Tequila's tourist and industrial hub, as Federal Security Minister Omar García Harfuch announced the arrest within the national anti-extortion strategy.
- Officials allege links to the CJNG, accuse Rivera of gender-based political violence against three female councilors, and the Tequila Regulatory Council has not taken a position on the issue.
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Mexican Mayor Arrested for Alleged Links to Jalisco Cartel and Extorting Tequila Companies
Diego Rivera Navarro took office in October 2024 after running as a candidate for Morena, Mexico's ruling party and the same party as President Claudia Sheinbaum, who has repeatedly denied that members of her party have ties to organized crime.
Mexico’s Tequila Mayor Arrested Over Extortion, Cartel Ties
Authorities in Mexico arrested the mayor of Tequila, Jalisco, a city famous for the liquor bearing its name, in connection with an investigation into widespread corruption, extortion, and ties to the terrorist organization Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG). | Border / Cartel Chronicles
Mexico City, Feb. 5 (EFE).- The governor of the Mexican state of Jalisco, Pablo Lemus, reported this Thursday that he sent state police to the municipality of Tequila to provide security and to guarantee tranquility to the citizens after the arrest of the mayor of the city, Diego Rivera Navarro, accused of extortion and links with criminal groups. The capture is part of a series of actions undertaken since 2024 in different municipalities of the…
In October 2024, Diego Rivera Navarro assumed the municipal presidency of Tequila, Jalisco, with a speech full of promises and hope. On Thursday, the edil was arrested, along with three other city officials, pointed out of extortion and alleged links with the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel (CJNG). “What unites us here is the love of Tequila. We will govern for all equals, because it must be. At the end of the day we come to set the example and …
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The SSPC enters Diego Rivera, Mayor of Tequila, Jalisco, at the Altiplano prison, in Edomex, for alleged links with the CJNG.
Mayor of Tequila, Jalisco, arrested for extortion and alleged cartel ties
Federal Security Minister Omar García Harfuch announced on Thursday the arrest of the mayor of Tequila, Jalisco, and three other high-ranking municipal officials. Mayor Diego Rivera Navarro and three Tequila municipal government directors were detained on extortion charges, according to federal sources quoted in media reports. They all allegedly have links to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG). En seguimiento a la Operación Enjambre, dond…
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