The Miss Universe election announced on Sunday the closure of its offices in Mexico after denouncing what it describes as “unfounded attacks” with “political motivations” which prevent its proper functioning.
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This announcement comes a few days after the revelation that one of the owners of the competition, Mexican businessman Raúl Rocha Cantú, has been accused since 2024 of drug trafficking, arms trafficking and fuel theft in Mexico.
Current conditions in Mexico “do not provide an adequate or stable environment for the safe and efficient operation of an international organization of this magnitude,” said a statement from Miss Universe, which will consolidate all of its operations in New York.
The factors that led to this decision, adds the document signed by Rocha Cantú, are “legal uncertainty”, insecurity in the country and “unfounded and politically motivated attacks”. This year’s competition, held on November 21 in Thailand, was won by Mexican Fátima Bosch, also amid controversy following a dispute with one of the competition’s directors and allegations from former judges that she had been favored to win.
According to Mexican political columnists, the matter reached Alejandro Gertz, who resigned as Mexico’s attorney general on November 27 at the request of Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, saying he would be appointed ambassador.
But journalistic reports suggest another reason could be friction between the former attorney general and the mayor after details of the investigation against Rocha Cantú were leaked.
This businessman is also accused of having business relations with the father of the current Miss Universe, Bernardo Bosch, a former executive of the Mexican national oil company Pemex, who denies these accusations.
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