Florencia Melany Franco Fernández, who went viral for being photographed sunbathing in a window of the National Palace, stopped working at the Secretariat of Finance as of this Wednesday. National media confirmed the departure of the official after the controversy caused by the images on social networks. Before her identity was confirmed, President Claudia Sheinbaum said that the public servant was sanctioned, but no further details were given. Franco Fernández worked at the SHCP for over four years and served as an advisor to then-Secretary of Finance, Rogelio Ramírez de la O. In the current administration under Édgar Amador Zamora, she held the position of General Director of Coordination. A lawyer from the Free Law School and a Master's graduate from Paris-Panthéon-Assas University, she had an annual net income of 1,531,984 pesos, according to her most recent public declaration of assets.
