Real Estate Cartel: Prosecutor's Office detected assets of up to 300 million pesos with illegal resources

The Prosecutor’s Office revealed the scheme of officials apparently involved in the alleged corruption network. (CDMX Prosecutor’s Office)

Alluding to investigations by the corruption network known as the Real Estate Cartel, the Mexico City Attorney General’s Office (FGJCDMX) announced that they have been insured 60 properties apparently related to the case.

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Through its spokesman, Ulises Lara López, the agency explained that most of these properties —among which there are properties, houses and apartments— were in the name of people who previously served as public servants of the mayor’s office. Benito Juarez.

Specifically, the capital officials mentioned in the investigation held positions in the Works and Urban Development, Legal and Government areas. In addition, family members and companies related to said public servants would also be involved in the corruption network.

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As a result of a series of expert accounting studies, the FGJCDMX detected that a person, whose identity remained protected, accumulated a patrimony of up to 300 million pesos (mdp)which were considered to be of illegal origin.

So far, the Prosecutor’s Office has secured 60 properties related to this network of corruption. (FGJCDMX)

The apparent network of corruption exposed by the Prosecutor’s Office is made up as follows:

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– Christian Damián Von Roehrich de la Islaformer mayor of Benito Juárez (detained)

– Sofía “N”, sister of Von Roehrich (detained)

– Ismael “N”, from the General Directorate of Administration (detained)

– Nicias Aridjis, former director general of Works and Urban Development (detained)

– Roberto “N”, businessman (arrested)

– José “N”, former supervisor of works of the mayor’s office (detained)

– Alejandro “N” (arrested)

– Víctor Manuel Mendoza Acevedo, current director of Planning, Development and Citizen Participation (evaded)

– Adelaida “N”, former General Director of Urban Works, Development and Services

– Emilio Sordo Zabay, former director of Urban Development (evaded)

– Elvia “N” (evaded)

– César “N”, fee worker (evaded)

Christian Von Roehrich was linked to the process (Photo: CDMX Prosecutor’s Office)

During the investigations, the CDMX Prosecutor’s Office explained that thanks to the cooperation of a businessman from the construction industry —who followed the opportunity criteria mechanism— they were able to identify at least nine properties linked to this network of corruption.

Such properties are located on Riff street, in the Santa Cruz Atoyac neighborhood, on José María Rico street and in the complexes City Towers. In addition, they found that these properties were acquired “by natural and legal persons, of whom the increase in their assets is possibly unjustified.”

In addition, of the total number of properties insured by the authorities, some were leased or commodatized and they had been occupied by third parties.

“As part of this series of findings, the National Banking and Securities Commission, the Financial Intelligence Unit, the Federal Prosecutor’s Office and, in due time, the Republic’s General Prosecutor’s Office have been heard dealing with possible crimes of the federal order,” the agency detailed in the statement.

Christian Von Roehrich, identified as one of the heads of the so-called Real Estate Cartel, was captured on April 20 in Tamaulipaswhen he tried to escape to the United States.

A week later, on April 27, the FGJCDMX obtained the link to the process with preventive detention against the former mayor, who is part of the ranks of the National Action Party (BREAD) and is coordinator of the deputies of said institute in CDMX.