translated from Spanish: AMLO replaces David Leon after video broadcast

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador replaced David León as owner of the state’s drug distribution company after the publication of videos in which the official gives money to his brother Pio, sources told the newspaper Reform.
According to the medium, the current regulatory director of Administration and Finance of ISSSTE, Pedro Zenteno Santaella will assume the position originally assigned to León, former coordinator of Civil Protection.
The president announced the change Monday night to federal Cabinet officials COVID-19, some of the attendees told Reform. “Supplies and distribution are a priority, it’s something you can’t wait for, so Peter is going to do that,” he would have said.
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According to the testimonies, the licensed federal deputy will take office from the 1st of September.
Zenteno Santaella belonged to the PRD and was Director General of Administration in the Federal District Government from 2000 to 2005, when López Obrador was head of government. 
Ten days ago a video was released in which the president’s brother, Pío López Obrador, received money from David León, consultant to the Government of Chiapas, supposedly to strengthen Morena in the state.
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Following the broadcast of the video, the official assured that he would not take office and said he would go to the Attorney General’s Office (FGR), “to put me under his command.”
President López Obrador, on this fact, said that the video in which one of his brothers received money is not corruption, but cooperation to finance his movement. However, he mentioned that his relative should be investigated, as should the civil servant

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