Politics Local 2026-02-10T01:29:27+00:00

Political Crisis in Chihuahua: Senator Adán Augusto Steps Down, Retains Influence

The senator from Tabasco agreed to step down as coordinator in the upper house but is unwilling to abandon his political projects. His ally, Andrea Chávez, who is running for governor of Chihuahua, is at risk due to her ties with Adán Augusto. To strengthen her position, she is being advised to marry a local businessman.


Political Crisis in Chihuahua: Senator Adán Augusto Steps Down, Retains Influence

The Tabasco native agreed to step down as coordinator and take a step back in the upper house; however, for now, he is not willing to abandon his political projects to maintain power quotas, territorial, electoral, and internal government structure.The crisis surrounding Senator Adán Augusto did not end with his departure from the coordination of the ruling party in the upper house, as he had initially hoped.The strongest competitor in the internal ruling party race for Andrea Chávez is the mayor of Ciudad Juárez, Cruz Pérez Cuéllar, who is betting on the hegemony of said city to compete for the state.What the former coordinator's proposal hides in the background is his untouchable decision to push Andrea Chávez to become governor of the largest state in the Federation by territory.The impact is still having consequences on his own figure and his allies, such as Andrea Chávez, who suffers the impact and fears losing her candidacy to compete in Chihuahua.To prevent this from happening, according to local sources, the former governor recommended an old maneuver for social relations: to marry a young and renowned businessman from Ciudad Juárez to achieve greater social support around her figure.The chosen one for this maneuver would be jeweler Emil Kamar, a young businessman from Ciudad Juárez who comes from a renowned local family with significant investments on the other side of the border.Could a possible pregnancy help the family narrative of her campaign?Furthermore, the fact that Emil Kamar comes from a renowned, powerful, and wealthy family in Chihuahua would serve to distance Andrea Chávez from the alleged links that would exist with organized crime with one of its main promoters for the governorship, as is the case of Adán Augusto.This alliance could bring recognized sectors of the state closer to the political project that seems to be faltering due to the departure of the Tabasco native from the coordination of the ruling party in the upper house.The maneuver hides a third objective.Additionally, he is an avid golfer at the local country club, where local sources report that in recent days he was seen concerned about the proposal that would have been made directly by Senator Adán Augusto.Desperate, Abraham demands that Andrea completely distance herself from Adán: 'He is going to sink us'.The controversial maneuver seeks to turn off the lights pointing against the entire team surrounding Adán Augusto with negative perceptions to generate a positive narrative linked to the celebration of the marriage.It would also serve to distance the senator from the now-former coordinator, with whom she maintains a strong relationship that puts at risk her own candidacy to be governor, due to the complaints weighing against the Tabasco native.In Texas, for example, he obtained a master's in business administration from the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP).