Elba Esther sought to hide millions of dollars in Andorra
Without any success during the month of April 2012, the former president of the National Union of Education Workers of Mexico (SNTE), Elba Ester Gordillo tried to hide six million dollars on the Andorran Private Banking (BPA).
The former leader argued to the financial institution that said monetary amount allegedly came from the heritage that his motherthe rural teacher of the indigenous communities of chiapas, Zoila Estela Morales Ochoadeceased in 2009, had left him.
It was through a dutch company controlled by trust company Didmont Groupthat Gordillo planned to transfer the six million in andorra. It should be noted that Juan Ramon Collado.who was the former president’s lawyer Enrique Pena Nieto, also used this Dutch company to send funds to BPAwhere is it likely to move 120 million dollars.
However, the Andorran Private Bank, refused to admit chubby after analyzing journalistic information about his “unexplained wealth”. Therefore, the bank also questioned the alleged lack of transparency in management of the aid received by the leader for the SNTE during the governments of Carlos Salinas de Gortari, Ernesto Zedillo, Vicente Fox and Felipe Calderónwho serve as presidents of Mexico.
It should be noted that, elba esther try to open the account BPA just 10 months before he was detained in the Mexico statein february 2013by diversion of funds, tax fraud, organized crime and money laundering. it was also accused of looting 120 million euros of the largest union in Latin America, the SNTEwhich has 1.6 million members.
Despite all these antecedents, the Teacher Elba Esther GordilloShe was acquitted of the charges in 2018, that is, five years after her arrest.