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Senator meets Tenancingo mayor facing charges over alleged staged kidnapping
Higinio Martínez, who leads the Senate’s governing board, met Nancy Nápoles, the mayor of Tenancingo in Mexico State.
Nápoles shared a video of the meeting at the Senate on October 9.
She is facing a criminal case over allegations that she staged her own kidnapping.
She had reported being kidnapped on May 31 and said her captors demanded 40 million pesos in ransom.
Prosecutors allege the plan was intended to justify a 40 million-peso shortfall in the town’s finances, and say relatives and other people were involved.
A judge formally opened a case against Nápoles in July, but she remains free while the process is conditionally suspended for six months; this is not a conviction.
Her party, Morena, has also begun a review that could affect her party rights.
Senator Higinio Martínez Miranda met Tenancingo Mayor Nancy Nápoles Pacheco at the Senate.
Nápoles is facing criminal proceedings over the alleged staging of her own kidnapping.
Prosecutors allege the kidnapping was simulated to justify a missing 40 million pesos in municipal funds.
Nápoles denies that there is a 40-million-peso shortfall and has rejected the prosecution’s account.
She is facing the proceedings while free after a judge conditionally suspended the process for six months.
- Who
- Senator Higinio Martínez Miranda and Tenancingo Mayor Nancy Nápoles Pacheco.
- What
- Martínez met Nápoles, who faces proceedings over the alleged simulation of her kidnapping.
- When
- The meeting was shown in a video posted on Friday, October 9, 2026.
- Where
- At the Senate in Mexico.
- Why
- Nápoles said she wanted to discuss Tenancingo and pending matters; the meeting’s broader purpose was not stated.
Nancy Nápoles Pacheco
State of Mexico prosecutors
Alleged kidnapping
Nancy Nápoles Pacheco
Nápoles denies the prosecution’s account and says she was kidnapped.
State of Mexico prosecutors
Prosecutors allege she staged her own kidnapping with the participation of relatives and others.
Municipal funds
Nancy Nápoles Pacheco
Nápoles denies that Tenancingo’s finances have a 40-million-peso shortfall.
State of Mexico prosecutors
Prosecutors say the alleged staging aimed to justify a missing 40 million pesos in municipal funds.
I’m very happy to be here at the Senate today, and look who I’m with: none other than the president of the Senate, and I’m always happy to greet him and talk with him about the municipality and many pending matters.
Nancy Nápoles, my friend of many years, is here at the Senate for a while.
Authorities say planning of the alleged staged kidnapping began.
Nápoles reported that she had been kidnapped.
Nápoles reported the alleged kidnapping to the Public Prosecutor’s Office.
A judge ordered Nápoles to face proceedings over her probable participation in the alleged simulation of a kidnapping.
Nápoles posted a video showing her meeting Martínez at the Senate.
- Meeting
- Higinio Martínez Miranda and Nancy Nápoles Pacheco
- Location
- Senate, Mexico
- Alleged missing funds
- 40 million pesos
- Kidnapping report
- May 31, 2026
- Court proceeding
- July 9, 2026
- Proceedings status
- Nápoles faces the process while free; conditional suspension for six months
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