Authorities have distanced themselves from the case since the official's arrest. Sources from the Prosecutor's Office expressed certain discomfort with Arce's handling of the case involving Barrón and Fernández. Although it is expected that on March 26th both the senator and the former official will reach a reparative agreement, Fernández's statements about potential future retaliation against the Prosecutor's Office were harsh: "The misuse of this institution is confirmed... I will request a breakdown for the Prosecutor's Office, I had the financial means, but how many people are being run over by it." When lawyers, polling firms, and other actors were mentioned, uncertainty in the capital grows regarding who might be involved in the case and how far federal authorities will go in the investigation. Facing the pre-electoral process at the end of the year, there is also tension over a potential front from Morena and the senator against the Prosecutor's Office and the PRI specifically due to this case and the lines of investigation that stem from it. "We are not going to stop the Prosecutor's Office case, this issue was always legal, not political... there are lines of investigation that have to do with lawyers, with some polling firms... in the Prosecutor's Office case, there is no forgiveness, if there are elements, we will go to the end," said the senator. In this regard, there is uncertainty in the Prosecutor's Office's environment that the investigations will affect the agency and the acting head, Pedro Arce; a similar case to the constant accusations against Gustavo Adolfo Guerrero in the Debanhi case, which forced him to resign. It should be recalled that Arce Jarcón, current legal prosecutor of the state Prosecutor's Office, is a close profile to Mayor Adrián de la Garza. After the criminal charge against Karina Barrón and the precedent of the investigation by the FGR due to the complaint from Senator Waldo Fernández, there is concern in the Prosecutor's Office and the PRI that more close actors may be pointed out during the legal process. "Today we request to secure the phones of those involved as evidence, and when the forensic practice is carried out, the authorities have 60 days to carry out the investigation and allows us to see what type of conversations are there in relation to this issue". "Do they believe Pedro Arce, that there is no partisan use?..."
