The Financial Intelligence Unit (UIF) of Mexico has ordered the blocking of 40 individuals, 25 natural persons and 15 companies, by incorporating them into its List of Blocked Persons for their relationship with electoral suppliers, after detecting financial transactions with risk signals that require deeper analysis.
As the Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit has detailed in a statement, the decision is based on the studies carried out by the UIF and is configured as an administrative measure “preventive and precautionary,” which “does not imply a determination of definitive responsibility.”
The agency has emphasized that the affected individuals and companies have the legal resources for challenging and the guarantee of a hearing provided for in current regulations, so that they may exercise their right to defense before the competent authorities.
At the same time, the UIF has filed a formal complaint with the Attorney General’s Office (FGR) so that it carries out the investigations into the identified transactions and determines whether any potential criminal or administrative responsibilities arise.
The institution has also reiterated its commitment to the detection and combating of operations involving resources of illicit origin and to strengthening interinstitutional cooperation, insisting that all its actions must observe “due process, the presumption of innocence and the rights of the persons involved.”