In particular, the Traffic Police has been the entity that has generated the most work for this Prosecutor’s Office, accounting for the majority of the 231 open cases related to this sector.
The Prosecutor highlighted the “creativity” and ingenuity of the corrupt officers. The way bribes are carried out has evolved, moving from accepting cash to bank transfers. This evolution has resulted from the actions of the Prosecutor’s Office.
“Undoubtedly, the Traffic Police has given us the most work; they are very creative. We have finally evolved, and this is something that has arisen as a consequence of the actions of the Prosecutor’s Office,” the prosecutor stated.
“We have evolved in the way money is shared. At first, they gave cash; then we moved to transfers; later, we also managed to document it in a file, like the officer himself. He was instructing the ‘individual’ on how to make a withdrawal without a card to avoid the transaction appearing in the officer’s account.”
“We have evolved in the way money is shared. Initially, they gave cash; then we moved to transfers; later, we also managed to document it in a file, like the officer himself. He was instructing the ‘individual’ on how to make a withdrawal without a card to prevent the transaction from appearing in the officer’s account.”
“We have evolved in the way money is shared. We documented it in a file, like the officer himself. “We were even able to document in an investigation file how the traffic police officer himself instructed the individual on how to make a bank transfer to withdraw money without a card,” Gerardo Cruz stated.
According to the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor in Jalisco, there are 270 officers involved in acts of corruption within the Public Security sector.
What other results has the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office achieved?
During his nearly eight years leading the institution, the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office has brought more than 500 cases to court. It has successfully prosecuted 415 public servants, including judges, magistrates, council members, mayors, police officers, and administrative staff.
The agency also focused its efforts on combating individuals who benefit from corruption, successfully prosecuting eight legal entities, or companies, some of which have already been sentenced and barred from holding public office.
Gerardo de la Cruz Tovar recalled that the agency began with significant challenges, starting with only one public prosecutor and having to take on nearly 700 investigation files inherited from other agencies.
Despite this, the prosecutor reported that so far in 2025, up to December 3, 1,205 investigation files have been opened, representing a 23 percent increase over the original average and reflecting greater public trust in the prosecutor’s office.
Tovar expressed pride in the staff trained within the institution, emphasizing that they have arrived without political influence, which he believes lays a solid foundation for the Prosecutor’s Office to continue its work with an ethical approach.
Source: telediario
