Jesús Ramírez Cuevas, coordinator of presidential advisors, announced that he will file a lawsuit for alleged moral damages against Julio Scherer Ibarra for the allegations against him contained in the book “Neither Vengeance Nor Forgiveness.” “Yes, I am going to file a complaint for moral damages because, obviously, although the objective is political, I also have to safeguard my prestige, as it is being affected by the lies that the media are now reproducing,” he said. In an interview at the end of the VII National Council of Morena, Ramírez Cuevas reiterated that the allegations by Scherer Ibarra and journalist Jorge Fernández Menéndez, linking him to the alleged illegal financing of campaigns through Sergio Carmona, the deceased “King of Huachicol,” are false. “What I can tell you is that everything that is said there about me and even about Andrés Manuel López Obrador is false, it is a lie.” “The supposed allegations that are indicated there have no basis, there is no proof, they do not pass the journalistic test, and of course, there is no document, no element, not even a direct testimony that explains anything,” he stated. Ramírez Cuevas described the allegations in the book as a “libel,” and stated that they are unfounded opinions that “do not even pass the journalistic test.” “I would ask the media, columnists, commentators to investigate before opining on this topic, because what is said in that book is not proof of anything.” “Scherer's book generates more confusion than clarity”: Gómez Bruera. Hernán Gómez Bruera, journalist and political analyst, criticized the book “Neither Vengeance Nor Forgiveness,” written by Julio Scherer Ibarra, former legal advisor to the Federal Executive, and assured that the work does not present evidence to support its claims and that, far from clarifying the allegations about his administration, it generates confusion and self-incrimination. “It is not specific about the cases it mentions and does not provide evidence; its strategy is to blur the information and confuse the reader,” affirmed the author of “Treason in the Palace” for Aristegui en Vivo. According to Gómez Bruera, Scherer avoids responding clearly to the criticisms and omits detailing the facts he describes in his book. The journalist pointed out that in Scherer's recent interview with Televisa, the former legal advisor did not clarify the supposed conflicts of interest or the details of his participation in high-impact business cases. Among them, he mentioned cases such as Juan Collado, Alonso Ancira, Interjet, Cruz Azul, Oro Negro, and Aleatica, where, according to Gómez Bruera, Scherer would have had a relevant role that is not clearly reflected with evidence in his work. “The book is basically about smearing everyone with manure, and in the end, it leaves its topic unaddressed; it is surprising how he avoids giving concrete answers and how he presents no proof of what he affirms,” said Gómez Bruera.
