Jorge Espadas Galván, the coordinator of the PAN caucus in the local Congress, accused members of the Morena party in Guanajuato of maintaining ties to organized crime.
He directed these allegations specifically at Abraham Ramos Sotomayor, a deputy from Irapuato, and Juan Miguel Ramírez Sánchez, the mayor of Celaya.
Displaying headlines from print news articles printed on large banners, the legislator spoke of alleged links between Morena members and organized crime at the national level—citing accusations against Senator Adán Augusto, the arrest of Diego Rivera (the mayor of Tequila, Jalisco), and the investigation launched by U.S. authorities into Sinaloa’s governor on leave, Rubén Rocha Moya.
He was joined at the podium by members of his caucus who helped display the banners; only one of these banners featured a headline from an article published in November 2025, in which the mayor of Celaya revealed that, prior to taking office, he had been taken to a meeting with members of a criminal group who demanded cabinet positions in exchange.
In an interview, Juan Miguel Ramírez provided details regarding the encounter and denied having reached any agreements with criminals. He even recounted that the person who had taken him to the meeting told him, “You went completely crazy; they were going to kill us right there”—though he did not reveal the identity of the individual who had served as the contact with the organized crime group.
Jorge Espadas’s accusations emerged a week after he had spoken—also during a session of the local Congress—in general terms about “narco-municipalities,” directing his remarks toward the Morena party.
“To speak out, one must have a long tongue but a short tail—and you know exactly what I mean,” the PAN legislator declared a week ago.
Without clarifying to whom he had directed that message, the President of the Board of Directors—Morena member Martha Edith Moreno Valencia—issued a press release demanding that the PAN legislator either produce evidence to support his claims or publicly retract them.
This Thursday, Jorge Espadas responded to Deputy Moreno Valencia’s challenge. “I am here to tell you that I stand by what I say,” Espadas began, before reading aloud news headlines—presented as evidence—regarding Morena’s alleged ties to organized crime.
Before concluding his remarks, Jorge Espadas issued a direct appeal to President Claudia Sheinbaum. “Break the pact, Madam President. Mexico needs you to break López Obrador’s criminal pact,” he declared, as he unfurled a banner bearing the image of Andrés López Beltrán.
Several Morena deputies requested the floor to respond to the PAN member; however, when it came time for the legislator from Irapuato, Abraham Ramos Sotomayor, to speak, Jorge Espadas produced yet another banner. This one featured an article published by the news outlet Notus, alleging that the Morena legislator’s brother-in-law—a survivor of an armed attack—has a criminal record.
“It is good that you are displaying my photograph. I challenge you, Deputy Espadas: let us both be investigated. I am right here, ready to be investigated. I want to be the first person in this Congress to undergo an investigation—and I hope that the majority of this Congress might join me on that list… I fear nothing. I challenge you to have us both investigated; I have nothing to hide, and my hands are clean,” Ramos Sotomayor retorted, while the PAN deputy theatrically used the banner as if it were a bullfighter’s cape.
In an interview following the exchange, Ramos Sotomayor stated that he is considering taking legal action against Jorge Espadas given the gravity of the accusations. Furthermore, he suggested that these allegations are merely a symptom of the PAN’s fear of losing the 2027 elections.
Abraham Ramos aspires to become Morena’s candidate for the municipal presidency of Irapuato—a municipality currently governed by the PAN and the second most populous in the state.
Source: proceso
