In a handwritten testimonial submitted to the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor, Lenin Emiliano Ortiz Amao, the former head of the Accounting Department at INVI, Javier Armando Ramírez Manjarrez, revealed that the money was delivered between February and June of 2023. Officially, no investigation was opened in order to protect the corruption of the MORENA official.
La Paz, Baja California Sur – The leader of MORENA’s Senate caucus, Adán Augusto López Hernández, remains embroiled in the scandal surrounding the “La Barredora Cartel” and the “Fiscal Huachicol,” once again finding himself at the center of controversy.
This follows MetrópoliMx’s receipt of a handwritten testimonial submitted to Anti-Corruption Prosecutor Lenin Emiliano Ortiz Amao by Javier Armando Ramírez Manjarrez, former head of the Accounting Department at the Baja California Sur Housing Institute (INVI). In it, Ramírez admits to participating in the diversion of 8.5 million pesos, which was allegedly delivered to the then-presidential pre-candidate to help finance his political campaign—under orders from Governor Víctor Manuel Castro Cosío and current MORENA Senator Homero Davis Castro.
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In the 17-page testimonial written in a notebook, the former 4T official explained that the cash deliveries were initially made through Juan Manuel Reyes Cervantes, former Director of Administration and Finance at INVI, and later through Fernanda Marisol Villarreal González, former INVI Director.
Ramírez detailed that the diversion of public funds began when the presidential pre-campaign of Adán Augusto López Hernández was being promoted. He handed over the following cash amounts to his immediate superior, Reyes Cervantes:
1. 200,000 pesos and 500,000 pesos in March 2023
2. 400,000 pesos in April 2023
“In May and the following months, I stopped giving money to Juan Manuel because Fernanda told me not to. She said everything had to go through her and that she was the only one in charge,” he wrote. He added: “That was the instruction from the governor and Homero Davis. All support was for Adán Augusto.”
Later, shirts, banners, brochures, and caps were purchased for campaign events led by Villarreal González and Senator Davis Castro. Around 400,000 pesos were spent, including food, gasoline, and water for neighborhood walks in La Paz.
According to Ramírez’s letter, the cash amounts delivered to Villarreal González were:
1. 1.5 million pesos in February 2023
2. 2 million pesos in March 2023
3. 1 million pesos in April 2023
4. 1.5 million pesos in May 2023
5. 1 million pesos in June 2023
“These amounts were coordinated among those of us involved in withdrawing and delivering the money to Fernanda Villarreal,” he wrote.
The main witnesses to these illicit operations, according to the letter, were:
* María Guadalupe Palacios Cruz
* Gabriel Patrón Romero
* Edi Hassan Gómez
* Ramón Alexis Díaz
* Cristo Israel, Karina Gómez, and Jonathan Zamora, employees of a car wash called “Los Abuelos”
Additionally, between November and December 2022, Villarreal González allegedly requested 6 million pesos from Ramírez, claiming it would be delivered to López Hernández. The money was never handed over because the designated recipient couldn’t travel to Baja California Sur. The funds were returned to INVI’s bank account, reference number REFBNTCC00340820.
Ramírez is currently imprisoned at the La Paz Social Reintegration Center (Cereso), charged with embezzlement. He claims to be a scapegoat in the INVI scandal, as he is the only person detained. According to the administrative handover document signed on September 14, 2021, Villarreal González and Reyes Cervantes were responsible for managing INVI’s bank account tokens, which required joint signatures.
On February 6, 2024, Judge Lucía Dolores Loredo Saucedo imposed preventive detention, allegedly because Ramírez couldn’t prove his residence. He stated that during the hearing, he gave his address: Juan Domínguez Cota Street, between Márquez de León and Legaspy, Los Olivos neighborhood, house number 2423.
“The prosecutor and judge claimed that not believing me was a sign I intended to flee and that I had no residence,” he said.
Ironically, Ramírez was arrested at that very address after an arrest warrant was issued.
“My crime isn’t high-impact, and I should be allowed to await trial in freedom or, at most, under house arrest,” he wrote.
As the only person detained in the INVI case, Ramírez says he continues to pursue all legal avenues, while the state government allegedly interferes to prevent his release—violating due process and undermining the presumption of innocence.
