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news El Financiero 2026-06-18

Mayor Accused of Faking Kidnapping to Conceal Missing Municipal Funds

The State Prosecutor's Office is investigating the mayor of Tenancingo for allegedly faking her own kidnapping to cover up a 40 million peso deficit. Accomplices have been arrested in Oaxaca.

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