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Puerto Morelos Mayor Says FGR Search Was Not Targeting Her
Mexico’s federal prosecutors searched a home in Cancún where Puerto Morelos Mayor Blanca Merari Tziu Muñoz lives as a tenant.
Merari said the court warrant was directed at the property’s owner, not at her or her municipal administration.
She said she was at home with her two daughters during the search and was not detained.
According to information she said agents gave her, seven properties linked to the owner are under investigation.
Merari did not identify the owner or say what possible offense is being investigated.
She said she would remain available to authorities as the investigation continues.
Mexico’s Puerto Morelos mayor, Blanca Merari Tziu Muñoz, said a federal search of the Cancún home she rents was directed at the property’s owner, not at her.
She said she was not arrested or accused in connection with the investigation.
The Federal Attorney General’s Office carried out the search at the home in the Lagos del Sol residential complex in the early hours of October 19.
Tziu Muñoz said she was at the home with her two daughters and cooperated with the agents.
She said the investigation covers seven properties linked to the owner, but did not identify the owner or the alleged offense.
- Who
- Puerto Morelos Mayor Blanca Merari Tziu Muñoz. Federal Attorney General’s Office agents carried out the search.
- What
- Agents searched the home Tziu Muñoz rents. She said the warrant targeted the property’s owner, not her.
- When
- Early hours of Monday, October 19, 2026.
- Where
- A home in the Lagos del Sol residential complex in Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico.
- Why
- Tziu Muñoz said the search was part of an investigation involving the property’s owner. The alleged offense was not stated.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Federal agents searched the home Tziu Muñoz rents in Cancún.
Agents documented the proceedings and left the property, according to Tziu Muñoz.
- Mayor
- Blanca Merari Tziu Muñoz
- Search location
- Lagos del Sol residential complex, Cancún
- Search date
- October 19, 2026
- Authority
- Mexico’s Federal Attorney General’s Office (FGR)
- Properties under investigation
- Seven, according to information Tziu Muñoz said she received
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At no point have I been arrested
Blanca Merari has at no point been accused or identified in connection with what has been mentioned in the media