Mexican news outlets reported on Tuesday that lawmakers from the ruling Morena party were given electronic payment cards, a scheme El Universal described as an echo of the earlier Monex affair. According to El Universal, the practice was replicated among Morena deputies in the Chamber of Deputies. Notisistema reported that the cards carried 50,000 pesos each, while Tiempo La Noticia Digital said the distribution of electronic wallets to Morena legislators had been flagged as a warning.
The reports surfaced in the outlet's coverage dated November 3, 2026, and were picked up across several Mexican media outlets the same day. The details available so far are limited to what those outlets published: the identity of the recipients as Morena deputies, the reported amount on the cards, and the comparison drawn to Monex.
The Monex reference points to a prior controversy in Mexican politics involving electronic payment cards, which El Universal's framing treats as the precedent for the current reports. The outlets did not, in the material available, specify who authorized the distribution or how the funds were intended to be used.
Coverage of the story is still developing across Mexican media. What to watch next: whether Morena or congressional authorities respond to the reports, and whether the outlets that first published the claims release further documentation on the cards and their funding.
