Mexico electoral chief Taddei resigns amid graft investigation

Guadalupe Taddei, president of Mexico's National Electoral Institute, announced on Sunday that she will file her resignation with the Chamber of Deputies on Monday, October 26, as the federal auditor investigates alleged improper use of public resources at the institute

Why it matters: Taddei is the head of the authority that runs Mexico's federal elections, and her resignation, which she said puts the institute's stability, credibility and independence above any personal interest, lands eight months before the June vote that renews the whole Chamber of Deputies, 17 governorships and thousands of local posts, with President Claudia Sheinbaum saying there must be no shadow of corruption in the INE

Data as of Correction, October 25, 2026, 20:53 ET: an earlier version of this item, published at 20:47 ET, gave a Wednesday, October 28 effective date and described an internal control investigation opened on October 21 into alleged irregular contracts, unqualified appointments and a ghost employee; both details came from a garbled interim summary and are withdrawn. The corrected account is the Prensa Latina article read in full via browser in this run, in Spanish: Taddei announced on October 25 that she will file her resignation on October 26 with the Chamber of Deputies, and the investigation is the federal auditor's (Auditoria Superior de la Federacion) ex officio investigation, announced Friday, into improper use of public resources at the INE, the local electoral bodies and linked companies and suppliers. The Reforma and Bloomberg items are as fetched by the feed poller on October 25, 2026. Developing item.

Guadalupe Taddei, the president councillor of Mexico’s National Electoral Institute (INE), announced on Sunday that she will file her resignation with the Chamber of Deputies on Monday, October 26, saying after deep reflection that protecting the institute, its stability, credibility and independence, comes above any circumstantial or personal interest. She said the recent allegations, carried in local press reports pointing to alleged irregularities in contracting and possible conflicts of interest involving former collaborators and supplier companies, which she denies, must each be examined with evidence through institutional channels. The federal auditor, the Auditoria Superior de la Federacion, announced on Friday an ex officio investigation into improper use of public resources at the INE, the local electoral bodies and linked companies, officials and suppliers, and President Claudia Sheinbaum said there must be no shadow of corruption in the INE, especially eight months before an election. Reforma first reported the resignation earlier on Sunday, and Bloomberg reported it on Sunday night.

Mexico electoral chief Taddei resigns amid graft investigation

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