“I hope he will die”: the reality behind magistrate Reyes Rodríguez’s tweet in which he insults AMLO

the Magistrate Reyes Rodríguez Mondragón claimed that it is wrong to have insulted the president Andrés Manuel López Obrador via his Twitter account and added that he had their respect.

This type of communication is reprehensible, I proceeded criminally, I submitted the resignation. I reiterate my respect for the president

He also added in the program Por La Mañana by journalist Ciro Gómez Leyva that at the time there were many disqualifications, so he proceeded with the cancellation of the account and the denunciation.

According to the magistrate, the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic (FGR) notified two weeks ago the exercise of penal action.

On October 9, Reyes Rodríguez filed a complaint about the attack on his Twitter account and it was October 7 when a user explained via Youtube how he made a tweet in which the magistrate allegedly insulted the head of the federal executive.

During the morning conference on Thursday, the Mexican president recalled that Reyes Rodríguez Mondragón had insulted him last year via Twitter and said that this It is a sign of their moral level.

I learned yesterday that the magistrates met and sacked the president (José Luis Vargas) and it turns out that the president they elected on one occasion (Reyes Rodríguez Mondragón) insulted me, and I am commenting on it for prove the characteristics of the people who hold these positions So important, the moral level of the judges of the electoral magistrates, of the body which is the last instance whose decisions are final. It is a key organization for the democracy of Mexico.

He later requested to screen the aforementioned tweet in which it is written: “I hope the old son of the National Palace dies.”

On the text, the president added: “That asshole, yeah, the rest, who knows.”

Who is Reyes Rodríguez Mondragón, the new president of TEPJF who has been linked to Felipe Calderón

In the afternoon of this Wednesday August 4, the magistrates of the Electoral Tribunal of the Judicial Power of the Federation (TEPJF) dismissed José Luis Vargas Valdez as its head and appointed Reyes Rodríguez Mondragón in his place. The decision was taken unanimously thanks to the votes of judges Janine Otálora, Reyes Rodríguez, Felipe Fuentes and Indalfer Infante. For their part, Vargas Valdez and judge Monica Soto were not present.

In October 2020, The new president of TEPJF has been singled out for his alleged links with former Mexican president Felipe Calderón Hinojosa and his wife, Margarita Zavala Gómez del Campo, since he was one of the magistrates who opposed the refusal to register the México Libre organization, headed by the current federal deputy.

In view of this, The lawmakers of the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) bench assured that Reyes Rodríguez was linked to the Calderón-Zavala family, that he is invited to their meetings and that even Juan Ignacio Zavala Gutiérrez, nephew of the former first lady, works directly for the magistrate of TEPJF, according to information from the EFE agency.

Rodríguez’s incorporation as the new president of TEPJ came after the dismissal of the post previously held by José Luis Vargas Valdez. Most magistrates asked for a point of agreement to assess the performance of their president, since Vargas Valdez opened an investigation against him for alleged illicit enrichment. He was even baptized on social networks of “magistrate ticket” and a few hours later of the deliberation, He refused to resign from his post and asked other members of the Upper House to avoid a constitutional crisis.

Tensions within TEPJF were generated days after Vargas faced new issues because A judge ordered the Attorney General’s Office (FGR) to reopen an investigation against him for the above-mentioned crime.

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