Authorities in a Mexican border state seized a van registered to Mexico’s Congress as it was being used to spread propaganda for the country’s ruling party.
The seizure comes as the state of Tamaulipas prepares for a contested gubernatorial race.
The case took place in the port city of Tampico, where state police on the north side responded to anonymous calls about individuals coercing residents into surrendering their federally issued voter ID cards, a statement from the Tamaulipas Attorney General’s Office revealed.
Inside the vehicle, authorities found propaganda materials. Authorities seized the assets and turned them over to Tamaulipas Ministerial Agents for investigation and prosecution on the charges of misappropriation of public funds and electoral crimes. According to journalist Gildo Garza, Congressman Emmanuel Reyes was in the van during the stop, however, he was not arrested due to the immunity provided by his elected office.
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