Mexico’s election chief Guadalupe Taddei resigns amid corruption probe

TREE NEWS update: Guadalupe Taddei resigned as president of Mexico’s National Electoral Institute (INE) on Oct. 26, submitting her resignation to the Chamber of Deputies. President Claudia Sheinbaum backed the decision while denying it would trigger a crisis at the institute. Mexico’s federal audit office is investigating alleged contract irregularities at the INE, including conflicts of interest and the award of multimillion-dollar contracts to a contractor with whom Taddei had a personal relationship.