Politics · Mexico · 52 mins ago
Morena lawmakers told to post coordinated messages about INE corruption claims
Morena leaders told 254 federal lawmakers to post coordinated messages about alleged corruption at Mexico’s National Electoral Institute, or INE.
The instructions were sent to lawmakers’ phones on November 5 and directed them to post on Facebook, Instagram and X. The messages blamed earlier governments for contracts involving state electoral bodies, known as OPLE, and accused former INE president Lorenzo Córdova of knowing about them.
They also portrayed current INE president Taddei as part of an alleged electoral “mafia”; these are claims in the messages, not findings established here.
The campaign aimed to shift public attention from current criticism of the government by changing how the allegations were discussed.
Morena lawmakers were reprimanded for missing the campaign’s metrics on Monday, according to the headline.
Morena lawmakers were instructed to post coordinated social-media messages alleging corruption inside Mexico’s National Electoral Institute (INE).
The messages said contracts favoring companies began under previous governments and sought to shift criticism away from the current administration.
The instructions were sent to 254 Morena lawmakers on November 5, according to El Universal.
The campaign’s talking points accused former INE president Lorenzo Córdova of knowing about contracts involving local electoral bodies.
They also described current INE president Guadalupe Taddei as part of an alleged “electoral mafia.”
- Who
- Morena’s 254 federal lawmakers were instructed to post the messages.
- What
- They were told to share coordinated claims about corruption at the INE and contracts involving local electoral bodies.
- When
- The message was sent on November 5. El Universal reported the story on November 10, 2026.
- Where
- The instructions concerned posts on Facebook, Instagram and X.
- Why
- The messages aimed to change the narrative about alleged corruption at the INE and minimize public discontent with the current administration.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Morena federal lawmakers received a message setting out strategic narrative points for social-media posts.
Morena lawmakers posted messages along the instructed lines on their social-media accounts.
Lawmakers were reprimanded for not meeting the campaign’s metrics, according to El Universal’s headline.
- Lawmakers instructed
- 254 Morena federal lawmakers
- Message date
- November 5
- Social-media platforms
- Facebook, Instagram and X
- Contracts cited
- More than 2 billion pesos
- Companies cited
- Five main companies associated with Alfredo Hernández
What people are saying
This is an electoral mafia.
Lorenzo Córdova knew and did nothing; according to the information presented, during his nine years as INE president there were contracts between the OPLEs worth more than two billion pesos favoring five main companies associated with Alfredo Hernández.
For more than two decades an electoral mafia became entrenched in the INE.
Since 2019 I have said it: Lorenzo has co-opted the INE.