A brother, three sons and daughters, a daughter-in-law and a son-in-law, 10 nephews (in addition to three of their spouses) of Governor Salomón Jara Cruz have paraded through positions in the three state powers, since he won the presidency of Oaxaca three years ago, which makes him one of the Morena governors with the most cases of nepotism. Social organizations, human rights defenders, political parties, and citizens point out.
Jara Cruz also took control of Morena in the state, with his nephew Emanuel Navarro Jara as president of the State Executive Committee, and Shabin Jara Bolaños, son of Salomón Jara himself, as secretary of Organization. At the national level, his daughter Bxido Xishe Jara Bolaños heads the Secretariat of Indigenous Peoples of the Morenoite National Executive Committee.
Jara Cruz gained control of Morena in March 2022, when he imposed his nephew Benjamín Vivero Montalvo, who was his private secretary, which brought him closer and he obtained the candidacy for the government of Oaxaca.
After taking over as a local deputy and the Political Coordination Board, Viveros Montalvo’s place was taken over by Emanuel Navarro, the governor’s nephew, with which they maintain control of the institute accompanied by Shabin Jara.
Another of her daughters, Shunaxhi-Nabaany Magdalena Jara Bolaños, was appointed head of the delegation of the Institute of the National Housing Fund for Workers (Infonavit) in the entity in February 2025, a position she resigned from four months later without official explanation.
Tania Caballero Navarro, Shabin Jara’s wife, repeated as a local deputy and was appointed at the end of 2025 as head of the Political Coordination Board to replace Viveros Montalvo. He was elected unanimously by the members of his caucus, but sources from the local Congress assured that the legislators were summoned to a meeting to which a person arrived who only informed them that Caballero Navarro would be the new coordinator.
In the state legislature, along with deputies Benjamin and Tania, Fernando Jara Soto, nephew of the president, was placed as secretary of Parliamentary Services; Sesul Bolaños López, who was a leader of Morena until Jara Cruz decided to replace him with his other nephew, Benjamín Viveros, serves as undersecretary of Higher Education in the state Ministry of Public Education, while another of his nieces, Sara Mariana Jara Carrasco, was appointed secretary of Study and Account of the Electoral Tribunal of the State of Oaxaca.
Katia Soledad Bolaños, niece-in-law, is director of Licenses and Vehicle Placement of the Oaxacan Secretariat of Mobility; another niece, Xadani Huantes Bolaños, is director of Improvement of School Coexistence at the State Institute of Public Education of Oaxaca.
Irving López Sánchez, husband of one of Jara Cruz’s nieces, is coordinator of Tours and Protocol of the state government; José Ángel San Juan Vásquez, the president’s son-in-law, works as Technical Secretary to the Head of the Executive Branch and Lorena Bolaños Rodríguez, niece of the governor, is deputy director of Innovation and Quality of the state Ministry of Health.
Another of his nephews, Diego Faustino Navarro Jara, is director of the Center for Control, Command, Communication, Computing and Quality, while Nadia Iraís Bolaños Flores (niece) is a delegate of the State Secretariat of Tourism in the Coast region. Carlos Vichido Hernández, husband of Daniela Jara, niece of the governor, is secretary of Infrastructure and Communications; Mariana Martínez Tenorio, wife of Diego Navarro Jara, is a magistrate of the First Criminal Chamber of the Superior Court of Justice of the State.
Noé Jara Cruz, brother of the president, was Secretary of Government and Territory of the municipality of Oaxaca de Juárez until last November, after which he dedicated himself to visiting municipalities with officials and members of other parties to commit support in exchange for votes during the recent day of revocation of mandate.
These complaints have been minimized by the governor.
On January 25, Oaxaca carried out the first state process of revocation of mandate. With 100 percent of the ballots counted, more than 550,000 people ratified Salomón Jara as governor, while 357,025 voted for his revocation, according to the local Electoral Institute.
Source: La Jornada
