Ricardo Gallardo Cardona, the Governor of San Luis Potosí, faces a mounting number of accusations regarding illicit enrichment and the handling of funds derived from unlawful sources.
These cases were originally reported to the then-Attorney General’s Office (PGR) and subsequently to the current Attorney General’s Office (FGR) under the leadership of Alejandro Gertz Manero; however, they failed to progress. Consequently, Manuel Nava Calvillo—a member of the Citizen Anti-Corruption Front and son of Salvador Nava (a figure renowned for his struggle against the imposition of political candidates in the state)—has petitioned the current Attorney General, Ernestina Godoy, to reactivate these investigations, as well as other complaints filed against Ricardo Gallardo Juárez, the Governor’s father and a federal deputy.
This past weekend, the new leader of the Morena party, Ariadna Montiel Reyes, called upon the party’s rank-and-file to intensify their grassroots efforts. She further asserted that, in the run-up to the 2027 elections, the party would neither tolerate corruption within its own administrations nor endorse candidates facing accusations of such misconduct. The “burgundy party” (Morena) has long faced criticism for fielding allied candidates—such as the Governor of San Luis Potosí—who do not belong to its own ranks. Now, under its new leadership, this same line of criticism persists.
Gallardo Cardona and his family have been accused of operating the Green Ecologist Party of Mexico (PVEM) as a “criminal scheme” designed to bolster their own public image. Recently, the party declined to endorse the anti-nepotism policy implemented by Morena regarding candidate selection for the 2027 elections; furthermore, it announced that it would not compete as part of a coalition—despite the fact that such alliances have historically enabled the party to secure a greater number of seats in both state legislatures and the federal Congress.
