El vocero presidencial, Eduardo Sánchez, dijo que Arturo Escobar se separó de su cargo en Gobernación con el fin de "enfrentar una acusación que habrá de dirimirse en un juzgado"
Humberto Castillejos, legal adviser of the Presidency, and Eduardo Sánchez, spokesman, reiterated that whoever produces or sells marijuana is committing a crime.
La secretaria de Desarrollo Social, Rosario Robles, afirmó que esta estrategia del gobierno federal “ha cambiado la vida de los mexicanos”
Eduardo Sánchez, spokesman for the federal government, said that the forces were deployed given the possibility of violence with which some groups have tried to jeopardize the elections, particularly in the south-southeast of the country.
Reuters found that Peña Nieto bought a 1,000 square meter piece of land in the town of Valle de Bravo in 1988 from a third party, a property he had declared to authorities was donated.