Investigate the FGR deviation of 57 million pesos in the STIRTT

Jared Laurels

Newspaper La Jornada
Monday February 20, 2023, p. 17

Ricardo Acedo Samaniego, general secretary of the Union of Radio, Television, Telecommunications, Similar and Related Workers of the Mexican Republic (STIRTT), is under investigation by the Attorney General of the Republic (FGR) for the alleged diversion of at least 57 million pesos from the accounts of the union organization.

Moisés Castillo Guerrero, promoter of the complaint and legal adviser to five of the nine members of the national committee, stated the above in an interview based on a preliminary accounting opinion prepared by the Federal Public Ministry and which is included in the file in which they are being investigated. made with the appearance of a crime and to the detriment of property of the STIRTT.

Throughout almost two weeks and in various ways, this newspaper repeatedly sought out Acedo Samaniego and the Organization Secretary, Javier López, but never received a response.

In November of last year, Silvino Fernández López, Labor Secretary of the union, as well as four other holders of portfolios of the national committee, indicated in a press conference that after the review of the financial statements of the STIRTT, movements were detected that are not accounting acceptable based on an opinion prepared by experts in the field, for which they presented a denunciation of facts before the FGR.

Contributions continue to be made to the research folder test dataTherefore, the amount of the alleged diversion of union resources can be increased, Castillo Guerrero assured.

One of the aspects that caught the attention of the MPF, said the lawyer, is that there are checks that are only signed by one person (the general secretary), because that is how the bank account was opened irregularly.

And it is that, he pointed out, based on the statutes of STIRTT, the bank accounts in the name of this union organization must be opened jointly, as a supervision filterwho are the general secretary and the finance secretary, as it is the union’s assets.

However, that account was handled discretionally and unilaterallyfrom where made payments that had nothing to do with union activity by the previous finance secretaryhe pointed.

Within the accounting opinion, explains Castillo Guerrero, the MPF expert detected disbursements for plane trips to Europe, checks drawn on individuals and cashed by people close to the Secretary General, including luxury memberships to a tourist club in the countryEverything, he said, charged to the union’s assets.

According to the legal adviser, the investigations –in which members of the STIRTT have already been summoned to appear– They would not only remain in the figure of the Secretary General, but also in his closest circle, including his family.

He clarified that, although it would be a crime of heritage nature, the law allows the solution through a reparation agreement. However, despite The leader asked the MPF to resort to this alternative mechanism, it does not appear.