Simón Levy
Filings and proof of serviceSeptember 23, 2026Brief
Record of filings · INE Mexico · 2027 election

What was filed, with whom, and when

On September 23, 2026, four filings were submitted to U.S. authorities by email, online portal and FedEx. Electronic filings were sent that day; all paper filings were shipped that day for scheduled delivery on September 25. This page keeps the public record.

Filed by Simón LevyPersonal contact details and signatures redacted
Carta a los mexicanos

No me voy a quedar de brazos cruzados

Pido que Estados Unidos les cancele la visa a Guadalupe Taddei y a los consejeros del INE, y que les prohíba la entrada a los demás denunciados.

El 23 de septiembre denuncié ante el Departamento de Estado, el Tesoro, el FBI y el Congreso de Estados Unidos a la consejera presidenta del INE, Guadalupe Taddei Zavala, y a los consejeros Frida Denisse Gómez Puga, Jorge Montaño Ventura, Norma Irene De la Cruz Magaña, Arturo Manuel Chávez López y Blanca Yassahara Cruz García, por socavar la democracia. También denuncié por corrupción en el negocio de las urnas a la ex secretaria ejecutiva Claudia Arlett Espino, al ex encargado de Administración Jesús Octavio García González y a las empresas Cajas Graf, Corporativo Zeg y TOL Producciones. Esto es lo que estoy pidiendo:

  • Negar y revocar visas. Que el Departamento de Estado cree una política de restricción de visas por socavar la democracia en México, como ya lo hizo con Nigeria, Guatemala, Zimbabue y otros cuatro países, y que revise bajo ella a los seis consejeros que votaron para quitar los candados de la urna. Sus familias pueden quedar incluidas.
  • Congelar cuentas y bienes. Que el Tesoro revise bajo la ley Global Magnitsky a los funcionarios y proveedores del negocio de las urnas. Si se confirma corrupción en esos contratos, eso significa bloqueo de cuentas y propiedades en Estados Unidos y prohibición de hacer negocios con cualquier empresa estadounidense. Así lo hizo con la presidenta del Consejo Nacional Electoral de Venezuela en 2017.
  • Prohibir la entrada por corrupción. Que el Departamento de Estado los declare inelegibles para entrar al país bajo la sección 7031(c), que puede hacerse pública con nombre y apellido.
  • Seguir el dinero. Que el FBI y el Departamento de Justicia verifiquen si el dinero de esos contratos tocó bancos, casas o empresas en Estados Unidos. Si lo tocó, se puede decomisar.
  • Obligar una respuesta. Que el Congreso pida formalmente al Presidente una decisión. La ley le da 120 días para responder. Si se pide antes del 6 de febrero, la respuesta llega antes de la elección.

Esto no es un juego. Ya sucedió en otros países. En 2017 Estados Unidos congeló todos los bienes de Tibisay Lucena, presidenta del Consejo Nacional Electoral de Venezuela, y prohibió a cualquier estadounidense hacer negocios con ella. Ese mismo año sancionó bajo la ley Global Magnitsky a Roberto Rivas, presidente del Consejo Supremo Electoral de Nicaragua. En 2023 le quitó la visa a casi 300 guatemaltecos por socavar la democracia, entre ellos más de 100 diputados, y congeló bajo Global Magnitsky los bienes del ex presidente de Paraguay, Horacio Cartes. Lo que pido para México ya se hizo con los árbitros electorales de otros países.

¿Por qué? Porque el 3 de septiembre siete consejeros votaron para que una boleta que no pudo entrar por la ranura de la urna ya no se anule sola. Una boleta lisa, sin doblar, adentro de la urna. Eso no entra por la ranura. Entra por arriba. En 2025 hubo 918 casos y fue la señal que más casillas anuló en todo el país: 476. Ese mismo día, con los mismos siete votos, quitaron el filtro que impedía que operadores de programas del gobierno se registraran como observadores.

No es un tecnicismo. Es la cerradura de la urna.

¿Y por qué en Estados Unidos? Porque ahí los pesos y contrapesos funcionan. Porque ahí una decisión así puede costar una visa, una cuenta, una casa del otro lado. Y eso es lo único que los funcionarios corruptos de México respetan: lo que pueden perder.

No acuso a nadie de un delito. Pido que se revise. Que quien decidió, responda. Y no lo hago contra México. Lo hago por México.

Tu voto vale exactamente lo que vale el papel en que lo marcas. Si ese papel deja de estar protegido, no nos queda nada. Yo ya decidí no callarme. Te pido que tú tampoco.

Simón Levy

Letter to U.S. authorities

Why I am filing in the United States

I am asking the United States to revoke the visas of Guadalupe Taddei and the INE councilors, and to bar the entry of the others named.

On September 23, 2026, I filed complaints with the Department of State, the Treasury, the FBI and Congress against the President of Mexico's National Electoral Institute, Guadalupe Taddei Zavala, and councilors Frida Denisse Gómez Puga, Jorge Montaño Ventura, Norma Irene De la Cruz Magaña, Arturo Manuel Chávez López and Blanca Yassahara Cruz García, for undermining democracy; and, for corruption in the ballot box procurement chain, against former Executive Secretary Claudia Arlett Espino, former acting head of Administration Jesús Octavio García González, and the suppliers Cajas Graf, Corporativo Zeg and TOL Producciones. I am asking for the following:

  • Visa restrictions. A visa restriction policy for undermining democracy in Mexico under INA § 212(a)(3)(C), as the Department adopted for Nigeria, Guatemala, Zimbabwe and four other countries, and a review under it of the six councilors who voted to remove the ballot box safeguards. Immediate family members may be covered.
  • Asset blocking. A Global Magnitsky review by Treasury of the officials and suppliers in the ballot box procurement chain. If corruption in those contracts is confirmed, that means blocking of U.S. property and interests and a bar on dealings with U.S. persons. Treasury did exactly this to the head of Venezuela's National Electoral Council in 2017.
  • Entry bans for corruption. Public or private designation under Section 7031(c).
  • Follow the money. An FBI and Justice Department inquiry into whether proceeds of those contracts reached U.S. banks, real estate or companies, and forfeiture if they did.
  • A required answer. A joint Chair and Ranking Member request under 22 U.S.C. § 10102(d), which requires a determination within 120 days. A request before February 6, 2027 yields an answer before Mexico votes.

This has happened before. In 2017 the United States froze all assets of Tibisay Lucena, president of Venezuela's National Electoral Council, and barred U.S. persons from dealing with her. That same year it sanctioned Roberto Rivas, president of Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council, under Global Magnitsky. In 2023 it restricted the visas of nearly 300 Guatemalans for undermining democracy, including more than 100 members of congress, and blocked the assets of Paraguay's former president Horacio Cartes under Global Magnitsky. What I request for Mexico has already been done to the election authorities of other countries.

The reason: on September 3, seven councilors voted to stop voiding ballots found flat inside the ballot box, ballots that cannot fit through the slot. That single safeguard produced 476 of the 818 polling station annulments in Mexico's last national election. The same seven votes removed the screening that kept government program operators out of the election observer corps. Mexico votes on June 6, 2027.

This matters to the United States. The officials elected in 2027 will be your counterparts on cartels, fentanyl, migration and trade. An election that cannot be trusted produces partners who cannot be trusted.

I am filing here because the tools exist here, and because they reach the people who make these decisions. Those people know it.

I ask for review, not a verdict. Every person named is presumed innocent. The record is attached, sourced and labeled.

I am filing because I believe in what American institutions can do when they decide to act. Democracy next door is not a foreign affair. It is the border. Please act before the vote, while it can still make a difference.

Simón Levy

01 · LogFilings

RecipientFilingMethodDateStatus
Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets ControlE.O. 13818 / 7031(c) submissionEmail to globalmag@treasury.govSept 23, 2026Sent
Department of State, Office of Sanctions CoordinationE.O. 13818 / 7031(c) submission; INA 212(a)(3)(C) petitionEmail to globalmagnitsky@state.govSept 23, 2026Sent
Federal Bureau of InvestigationReferral, 18 U.S.C. 1956Online tip, tips.fbi.govSept 23, 2026Submission successful
House Financial Services, MinorityRequest under 22 U.S.C. 10102(d)Email to FSCDems@mail.house.govSept 23, 2026Sent
Department of State: Secretary, Sanctions Coordination, Western Hemisphere, DRLPetition and submission, with exhibitsFedEx 2Day, tracking 8776 6843 1072Sept 23, 2026Shipped · due Sept 25
Department of Justice, Criminal DivisionReferral, 18 U.S.C. 1956, with exhibitsFedEx 2Day, tracking 8776 6850 1852Sept 23, 2026Shipped · due Sept 25
Treasury, OFAC (paper)Submission with exhibitsFedExSept 23, 2026Shipped · due Sept 25
Senate Foreign Relations, Senate Banking, House Foreign Affairs, House Financial Services (Chair and Ranking Member of each)Request under 22 U.S.C. 10102(d), with enclosuresFedExSept 23, 2026Shipped · due Sept 25

Delivery to federal buildings and congressional offices goes through security screening, which can add days after the carrier's delivery date.

02 · ProofDepartment of State

Petition under INA § 212(a)(3)(C) served on the Secretary of State, sent in one FedEx shipment with the envelopes for the Office of Sanctions Coordination, the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, and the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.

Certificate of service by courier on the Secretary of State, signed, with tracking number 8776 6843 1072
Certificate of service by courier · Secretary of State
FedEx label addressed to the Secretary of State, tracking 8776 6843 1072, 2Day, scheduled Friday September 25
FedEx 2Day · 8776 6843 1072 · scheduled Sept 25

03 · ProofDepartment of Justice

Referral under 18 U.S.C. §§ 1956, 1957 and 981 served on the Criminal Division.

Certificate of service by courier on the Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, signed, with tracking number 8776 6850 1852
Certificate of service by courier · DOJ Criminal Division
FedEx label addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, tracking 8776 6850 1852, 2Day, scheduled Friday September 25
FedEx 2Day · 8776 6850 1852 · scheduled Sept 25

Additional proof of service will be added as it is verified. No person named in the filings is accused of a crime.

04 · DocumentsThe filings, complete, with exhibits

Public copies of the four filings as submitted on September 23, 2026, each with its full set of exhibits. The signer's contact information and handwritten signature are removed; signed originals are on file with each recipient. Spanish facsimile translations are provided for readers in Mexico; the English originals control.

FilingOriginal (English)Traducción al español
01 · E.O. 13818, 22 U.S.C. § 10102 and Section 7031(c)PDF, 100 pagesFacsímil, 100 páginas
02 · INA § 212(a)(3)(C) visa restriction policyPDF, 108 pagesFacsímil, 108 páginas
03 · 18 U.S.C. §§ 1956, 1957 and 981 referralPDF, 20 pagesFacsímil, 20 páginas
04 · Request under 22 U.S.C. § 10102(d), with enclosuresPDF, 135 pagesFacsímil, 135 páginas

Exhibit volumes separately: A · Electoral rules and votes · B · Procurement network · C · Composition and related decisions · D · State Department precedents

Exhibits are reproduced in their original language. Press articles are referenced by title, outlet, date and link; read them at the source.

Simón Levy · September 23, 2026 · Brief for U.S. officials · Full investigation · Español