Prosecutors are investigating the predecessor of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador in a case involving the suspicious movements of millions of dollars, authorities said.\n
, a standard-bearer of the left, won an overwhelming victory by promising to fight such behavior.
Yet he has made limited progress in cleaning up politics. Analysts said it wasn’t clear whether this new investigation would be different — or if it amounted to a maneuver to strengthen López Obrador’s party before state elections next year, and the presidential balloting in 2024.
Gómez denied any ulterior motives behind the investigation. He said the government wasn’t involved in “political persecution.”of any Mexican leader in recent history, after his government was buffeted by corruption scandals. This is not the first time that Mexicans have fixated on the possible prosecution of a former president. In February 2020, authorities arrested
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