translated from Spanish: Autónoma de Hidalgo rejects accusation of laundering

the rector of the University autonomous of the State of Hidalgo, Adolfo Pontigo, rejected that the institution has received deposits for 150 million pesos from abroad, as reported it the Financial intelligence of the Ministry of finance unit.
However, one of the accounts of the University was Yes frozen although it has not received any official notification about the reasons for this decision, said in an interview with Animal politician.
“there is not a single weight of this University in any bank that does not respond to the institution and that also has not been audited by the Superior audit of the Federation. There are no transfers from different countries. “If there is or not money in those accounts will have to first check amounts and then if it is lawful or not”, said.
Read: 14 public universities have complaints criminal by alleged diversion of resources during six years of EPN Pontigo warned that it will look to judicial to determine those responsible because “it violated banking secrecy; information began to be filtered without causing any document from through. That is an irregularity”.

#UAEH pic.twitter.com/IjUneEUHhj – Adolfo Pontigo (@apontigoloyola) March 1, 2019 the freezing of the account should take place in the determination of a judge’s control and in this case it was not so, said the rector. “We have not notified, but they have called into question the name of the institution and we will act accordingly; We will follow the legal channel”.
Pontigo refused to give details about the account frozen since it could affect the process, said, even though at this time, according to the same speech of the rector, there is a judicial inquiry against the University.
The budget of the University and the bank accounts is managed by the University Board of Trustees, whose Chairman since 2009 is Gerardo Sosa, former Senator and local PRI Deputy who renounced their militancy in February 2018 and became a political ally of Morena during the last presidential election, according to journalistic versions. According to the rector, Sosa is located outside the country but will return next week.
“Maintain secrecy as to resolve legal issues (…)” that it will have to talk you to who is responsible for the Administration, would who is in charge of managing resources and protect the heritage: the honorable Council, and which has delegated this activity in a (University) President “, he added.?
Interview with criterion, the official mentioned that all the money in the University is registered in the name of the institution, not an individual.
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This Friday, the owner of the unit’s financial intelligence, Santiago Nieto, reported that the Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo is the institution which received 150 million dollars from 22 countries, so it froze the accounts and started a investigation for alleged money laundering.
“The past 22 February, FIU received a coming report by the financial system that are alerted of unusual financial transactions in different bank accounts on behalf of a State University”, reported the unit in a bulletin on Wednesday, February 26, but at that time it did not reveal the name of the institution to respect due process. 
“The FIU acts in accordance with the existing regulations to implement and follow-up on mechanisms for the prevention and detection of acts, as well as omissions and operations that could promote or help in any way to the Commission of the crimes of operations with” resources of illicit origin or financing of terrorism”, mentioned in the newsletter.
On the relationship of the University with Morena, the rector denied that this is a betrayal of the federal Government and said that he saw no political twist in the media coverage of the issue.
Information criterion Hidalgo.
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