The spokesman for the Prosecutor’s Office said that among the people called to testify are first-line relatives of those accused in the case, such as spouses and siblings, as well as former delegates and various public servants and former public servants of the Benito Juárez mayor’s office, as well as shareholders and real estate developers, whose links are possibly aimed at committing crimes defined in the Penal Code for the Federal District as illicit enrichment and improper exercise of public service.
The authority stressed that the names of those involved are reserved for the secrecy of the investigation.
Lara explained that the 46 bank accounts “in which the ministerial staff of the Mexico City Prosecutor’s Office was able to detect a possible direct link with the accused persons and their companies, most of them in the real estate sector, are already being investigated by federal authorities. such as the Federal Prosecutor’s Office and the Financial Intelligence Unit (UIF), to determine the possible commission of other crimes such as operations with resources of illicit origin and tax evasion.
The spokesman explained that information continues to be gathered by the directly affected neighbors, “acting under our respective powers and legal framework to provide certainty to the victims.”
The Prosecutor’s Office continues to receive complaints from citizens, who have provided “valuable data to strengthen the investigations,” he added.
In August, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador described as “white collar criminals” those accused of extorting businessmen in exchange for granting construction permits in the Benito Juárez mayor’s office.
According to the federal government, the so-called Real Estate Cartel is an organization of public servants accused of carrying out acts of corruption in real estate matters in the Benito Juárez mayor’s office.
Their modus operandi consisted of exchanging favors for construction authorizations.