The former official is accused of abusive use of the public function, criminal association and fraud for 22 million pesos.
Prosecutor José Luis Ruiz Contreras announced that, if found guilty, Rangel Martínez can reach up to 27 years in prison.
On April 12, the State Attorney General’s Office confirmed the capture of the former Morena candidate.
Mónica was detained by agents of the investigative police of the prosecutor’s office and by elements of the Attorney General’s Office of the State of Mexico, through a collaboration agreement between both law enforcement institutions.
The execution of the arrest warrant against the former official took place in the State of Mexico.
“The same thing happened with two other men who were apprehended in Monterrey, and who are related to the crimes that are attributed to the aforementioned former official,” reported the San Luis Potosí Prosecutor’s Office.
“Mónica and her alleged accomplices will be transferred to the capital of Potosí to face the charges against them,” he detailed then.
Mónica Rangel came in third place in the election for the governorship of San Luis Potosí in 2021: she obtained 11.46% of the votes.
In September 2021, the Superior Chamber of the Electoral Court of the Judicial Power of the Federation (TEPJF) ratified the victory of Ricardo ‘el Pollo’ Gallardo, of the Green Ecologist Party of Mexico (PVEM), in the election for the governorship.
