The PRD's state branch in Tabasco is in trouble: Criminal proceedings have been launched against party leader Javier May Rodríguez for the alleged fraud of 35 million pesos, stemming from his tenure as mayor of Comalcalco 2007-2009. Tabasco is the home state of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and the Tabascan branch is one of the few AMLO retains complete control over. May Rodríguez is one of AMLO's closest collaborators there.
The Tabasco PRD calls the investigation "political revenge," and he is defended by allies such as Arturo Núñez, senator from Tabasco (who wants to become the state next governor), yet May Rodríguez has been a very controversial party leader for his iron-fisted control of the branch - as was, to be sure, the leadership of José Ramiro López Obrador, AMLO's brother, who headed the party before him.
José Ramiro, to recall, last year faced charges of embezzlement.
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