CNBV, FGR y PFF: El Caso que Nadie Quiere Explicar.

Overview

A spokesperson from a Mexican savings cooperative, Marta Alicia Amescua Montelongo, describes what she says is an abusive and unjust case targeting cooperative members. She recounts being approached outside her workplace and immediately emphasizes that she is not a criminal, but a cooperative social leader who served three months in prison, which she characterizes as “profound injustice.”

Core Claims

Administrative grounds annulled by the courts

Her central argument is that the criminal prosecution against her and other cooperative members was built on administrative grounds that had already been annulled by Mexico’s Federal Court of Administrative Justice.

She states that, for years, cooperatives have been able to legally challenge administrative actions and obtain favorable federal court resolutions.

According to her, however, the National Banking and Securities Commission (CNBV) and the Fiscal Prosecutor’s Office continued pursuing criminal proceedings “through another route,” rather than adjusting their approach to comply with the court rulings.

Omission of favorable rulings

She claims she has documentation suggesting that officials allegedly failed to properly present or report those favorable federal court decisions, even after being involved with the relevant authorities.

She also asserts that the prosecutor’s office narrated events while omitting the favorable rulings—arguing that criminal authorities proceeded without the full legal and administrative context.

Contradictions between administrative and criminal decisions

She argues there is a serious contradiction: specialized administrative courts identified irregularities and annulled the acts, but later criminal proceedings often treated those annulments as if they did not exist.

She calls for an investigation into whether there was:

• Deliberate omission
• Concealment of information
• Misuse of state institutions

to pursue criminal accusations against the cooperative social sector.

Human Impact

The testimony also highlights the human cost. She says her imprisonment was not isolated, referencing other women cooperative directors— including older women with illnesses—and describing humiliation and public exposure.

She argues this pattern reflects broader “institutional persecution” of cooperatives and community savings organizations. She further suggests that such repression is less common when powerful banks and large economic groups are involved, raising the question of why the Mexican State treats cooperatives as enemies rather than legitimate community development tools.

Demands

She calls for:

• An investigation into the officials involved, including alleged concealment of federal court decisions
• Truth and justice for cooperative members
• Protection so cooperative members are not imprisoned for administrative acts already overturned by federal courts
• Recognition that defending the social sector should not be criminalized

Presenter / Contributor

• Marta Alicia Amescua Montelongo