The Embassy of Mexico in Argentina was notified this week of the start of an investigation into human trafficking against Gloria Trevi, Sergio Andrade, and María Raquenel Portillo, known as Mary Boquitas, concerning the case of the Argentine victim Liliana Regueiro. This was revealed by journalist María Idalia Gómez on the analysis panel of Aristegui en Vivo. According to Gómez, the notification was sent on March 23 by Verónica Toller, operational director of the Executive Committee to Combat Trafficking and Exploitation of Persons in Argentina, to Ambassador Lilia Eugenia Rossbach Suárez, requesting Mexico's participation in the investigation. The journalist noted that the Liliana Regueiro case had been documented for years and that there were elements and open files in Argentina that did not proceed due to a lack of cooperation from Mexico. She added that there was also no cooperation with other countries such as Spain, Chile, and Brazil, where there were also complaints related to the Trevi-Andrade clan. 'It is being demonstrated that finally an investigation is going to open,' said Gómez, and she stated that the case involves possible crimes of human trafficking, child exploitation, and slavery. The journalist also pointed out irregularities in the lawsuit for moral damages presented by Gloria Trevi against Carla de la Cuesta, after the 35th Civil Court facilitated the personal data of Marlene Calderón, another victim of the Trevi-Andrade clan who appeared as a witness for the publisher Random House. As she recounted, Calderón attended a hearing related to de la Cuesta's book and at that moment they tried to notify her of a new lawsuit for moral damages filed by Trevi. Gómez affirmed that the court even provided a copy of her official identification, even though it was a different procedure. Furthermore, she maintained that the judge limited the questioning of the publisher to the witness, while allowing broader participation for the defense linked to Judge Javier Pineda, who acquitted Gloria Trevi and Mary Boquitas and sentenced Sergio Andrade in Chihuahua; she also recalled that Pineda did not have a professional license when he issued that ruling. 'The legal requirements, neither of impartiality nor of legal quality, were met,' she said. She also said that during the hearing, Marlene Calderón directly accused Judge Pineda of having made misogynistic and offensive comments when she was a young woman recently rescued from the group. According to Gómez, Calderón declared before the court that the former judge was 'misogynous, libidinous, and reckless,' and she questioned the impartiality of his sentence. For the journalist, the new revelations could reopen the debate on the case that was resolved more than two decades ago and on the possible impunity derived from the relationship between entertainment figures, authorities, and judicial operators. Mexico is investigating the disappearance of young people in Los Cabos. Additionally, Gómez reported that the federal government has expanded investigations into the kidnapping of three young people in Los Cabos, and that the municipal police is now being investigated for its alleged participation. She explained that the investigations cover at least 22 cases of kidnapping or disappearance that have occurred in recent years in Baja California Sur, mainly in Los Cabos, and she pointed out that the case of the three kidnapped young people would not be an isolated incident. According to her, the investigations are related to information shared by US authorities on money laundering, criminal networks, and links between businessmen, politicians, and criminal groups in the region. Consul of the Philippines is dismissed for alleged ties with CJNG. María Idalia Gómez also added that the Secretariat of Foreign Relations recently canceled the appointment of Martín Camarena de Obeso as Honorary Consul of the Philippines in Guadalajara, after the United States pointed him out for alleged ties with the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. The journalist stated that there was a similar case in Tijuana and considered that these movements show that the United States is providing information to Mexico and other Latin American countries to withdraw diplomatic privileges, cancel visas, and initiate investigations. There is a social clamor throughout Latin America for criminal groups to lose power. Regarding Argentina's decision to classify the Jalisco New Generation Cartel as a terrorist organization, Gómez opined that President Claudia Sheinbaum is not obliged to speak out on all security issues, but she did consider it necessary that the responsible authorities explain the cooperation strategy with the United States. Finally, she maintained that Washington is expanding its investigations beyond drug trafficking to include crimes such as human trafficking, illegal migration, and violence against women. 'A very turbulent semester is coming,' warned Gómez, who assured that in the coming months new investigations and actions against criminal networks in Mexico and other countries in the region could become known.
