After nearly a month of public absence, both on social media and from the Tijuana municipal administration and the Baja California government, Carlos Torres Torres announced a “pause” in his honorary collaborations.
The husband of Governor Marina del Pilar Ávila Olmeda, who served as coordinator of strategic projects at both levels of government, released the message on social media, without mentioning the state governor or Mayor Ismael Burgueño.
He commented that “polarization” and “unfounded accusations” do not contribute to the climate the region needs. “For now, I will dedicate more time and attention to my family, whom I choose to prioritize today more than ever. I will remain active and focused on new personal and professional projects,” he expressed, without offering further details.
In the message from the former PAN member and recent Morena candidate, which was addressed to his “friends and the public,” he assured that he did so with the “peace of mind” that “there is a great team” that will continue with his work.
“For this reason, and by my own decision, I have taken a break from the social and public participation projects on which I had been collaborating on an honorary basis,” he wrote, also expressing confidence that “time makes sense” and that “closing this stage also opens the possibility of beginning another when the time is right.”
“Meanwhile, I am still here, at the disposal of my friends, my family, and those who have always trusted me,” he concluded in the text published at 6:49 p.m. on Tuesday, June 3.
In this context, Torres Torres was constantly boasted about by the governor, as seen in a July 5, 2022, post, where they even appear in a photograph holding hands. “Thank you, my love, Carlos Torres, for supporting me in my projects. I am proud to see the great affection they have for you in Tijuana and your dedication to public service, where you have achieved great changes for the people,” the post reads.
On October 1, 2024, Tijuana Mayor Ismael Burgueño Ruiz welcomed Torres Torres as the person in charge of Strategic Projects at the City Hall of the border city.
This Wednesday, June 4, after the separation was announced, the Morena mayor assured that it would not affect ongoing municipal programs, according to his statements to the local press.
The message from the former congressman and godson of former President Felipe Calderón was posted on his social media profile, in the same way he announced on May 10 that the United States government had canceled his visa. From that date on, an image crisis began, affecting state governor Marina del Pilar, as her identity document was also revoked. As the days passed, journalistic investigations into Carlos Torres and the governor’s ties to businessmen and properties in the United States were revealed.
Among the most significant points, in nearly a month of publications, was that Carlos Torres Torres, along with his brother Luis Alfonso, are being investigated by authorities in Mexico and the United States for their alleged involvement in crimes such as fuel theft, tax evasion, and money laundering, as revealed on May 19 by Adela Navarro, co-director of Semanario Zeta, in an interview with Aristegui Noticias.
According to the information, the investigation began after the cancellation of visas was revealed, and authorities from the State Department and the Attorney General’s Office (FGR) have opened two active investigation files, one in each country.
In the United States, the investigation against Carlos Torres Torres is reportedly for conspiracy to commit crimes and money laundering.
In Mexico, the FGR is reportedly investigating him for a case of illegal diesel trafficking from Texas, discovered on March 26 in Ensenada, Baja California, where containers containing nearly eight million liters of fuel were seized, according to investigations by Semanario Zeta.
Octavio Sandoval López, president of the Mexicali Business Coordinating Council (CCE), considered that Governor Marina del Pilar Ávila Olmeda has “very bad advisors” and is “paying the price” for a poor crisis management strategy. He made this statement to the local press last Monday, June 2, regarding the series of questions that have lasted almost a month, as documented in Baja California, since the cancellation of visas.
Sandoval López pointed out that the state administration has been “operating as if everything were in its favor.”
“And everything is against it. I mean, I said it at a press conference and I confirm it: the governor has very bad advisors and is paying the price for having a poor crisis management strategy, I believe,” he opined.
The business leader stated that, since May 12, he has advised the governor on “some strategies” to “relaunch” her government.
“I told him to get rid of the person who was causing so much damage to his government because he had too much power and no responsibility, and that he would relaunch his government. That’s what the government’s ‘crisis management manual’ says: get rid of him and form a new government. Create hope and create a new narrative,” he said.
But they have been fueling polarization, a lack of credibility, and a lack of trust, he continued, in a chain of events that has only deteriorated the government.
“It’s not in our interest to have a deteriorated government, lacking credibility and legitimacy. It’s not in our interest to have any of us here. And then the visa issue comes up, which started there, and the house (in San Diego, California) comes up, and then no one needs a visa, and then support, and then an unsolicited clarification. Rumors, or falsehoods, are not clarified. That’s basic,” the president of the CCE emphasized.
Octavio Sandoval López emphasized that clarifying a falsehood gives it “legitimacy.”
“It gives it credibility, it makes it a public matter. If they say I did something and it’s a lie, protocol says, ‘Don’t come out and clarify what’s a lie,’ because if you come out and clarify, you’re putting 50 percent of the truth in it. If you come out and clarify, you’re giving legitimacy to the hoax. I hope the Secretary of Government (Alfredo Álvarez Cárdenas) is watching me. Now they’re going to take his case from all sides, and he’ll be issuing clarifications that aren’t true,” concluded the president of the Mexicali CCE.
Source: proceso
