The Secretary of Women for the federal government, Citlalli Hernández, has dedicated at least 17 social media messages to clarify that she did not call for a boycott from Morena-affiliated governments against the companies of Ricardo Salinas Pliego, the owner of firms like TV Azteca and Total Play, who must soon pay 51 billion pesos in back taxes. The controversy began last Friday with a social media post by journalist Laura Brugés, who published a 53-second video of Citlalli Hernández at a supposed youth forum in the Congress of Mexico City. "We could make a boycott, and the millions of people who have marched around the world would have a different consumption, we would have a different consumption, doing it all the companies that are financing the war. Well, there is activism and a concrete cause. We think of Salinas Pliego, if we all start a boycott, starting, I say it now that it is not a forum with the diligence of Morena, starting with the Morena governments themselves, so that no one has a contract with TotalPlay, for example...." There is no video, photographs, or official communication of the event at the Congress of Mexico City. On social media, Mexican activist Arlin Medrano said that she also participated in the same forum, which took place on December 18. The two confirmed participants (Hernández and Citlalli) also did not share moments of the meeting at the Congress facilities. On the official agenda for Thursday, December 18, at the CDMX Congress, there are two opinion tables on the capital's Care System, a call for an auction, and a 'conversation' titled 'There is a future and it is from the left,' convened by Morena's Paulo García. There are no photos of this supposed 'conversation' on the Morena politician's social media. Harsh criticism and defense of the official Hernández has been accused of using her position in the federal government and an official space to call for harming the businessman. - Laura Brugés: "A public official calling for ideological boycotts using the public resources of a congress to pressure a private actor for political reasons sounds like an authoritarian warning." This Saturday, Ricardo Salinas Pliego brought up the topic again and criticized the official for trying to affect the livelihood of 12,480 families. Citlalli Hernández responded on X that Salinas Pliego is trying to build a 'lie' around a 'taken out of context expression.' The federal official stated: (...) 'but specifically in Palestine.' She stated that she did not call for a boycott and pointed to the use of bots to 'spread lies and hate.' However, she did not provide the broader context of the statement or give further explanations for the words visible in the brief 53-second video. In a dozen tweets over the weekend, Citlalli Hernández has maintained that she did not call for a boycott, has criticized the use of bots and manipulation that prevail in certain areas of social media. 'I think we have to mobilize, we have to organize...' The full context of the statement is not present in the video.
