As Quintana Roo faces mounting challenges regarding public security and healthcare services, an investigative report points to alleged links between funds circulating within the real estate sector and a network of companies connected to family members and close associates of Governor Mara Lezama.
The developer Desarrolladora Cumpal, S.A.P.I. de C.V.—in which Omar Terrazas García (the governor’s husband), Miguel Ángel Lezama Espinosa (her brother), and Daniel Berrón Lezama are involved—appears to have corporate and notarial ties to the business network of real estate developer Carlos Alejandro Moreno Sanen.
According to commercial documents, articles of incorporation, and public records reviewed by the news outlet Información S/ Límite Quintana Roo, this business network comprises over thirty companies that reportedly expanded their operations during the administrations led by Mara Lezama—first in the municipality of Benito Juárez and subsequently at the state government level.
The investigation asserts that these companies not only secured permits and licenses to develop projects in some of Cancún’s most high-value areas but also form part of a complex corporate structure consisting of private funds, holding companies, and interconnected real estate investment vehicles.
A review of dozens of notarial documents and commercial records reveals a corporate network that grew in tandem with the current governor’s political rise. This structure includes businesspeople, financial operators, family members, and companies that share legal representatives, authorized agents, notaries, and corporate frameworks used to manage large-scale real estate investments.
At the center of the network is Carlos Alejandro Moreno Sanen, a businessman linked to various real estate developments and corporate entities that proliferated between 2018 and 2026—a period coinciding with the political consolidation of the ruling group in Cancún and, later, in Quintana Roo.
According to the documents consulted, the business conglomerate evolved from traditional corporate entities into a more sophisticated financial architecture comprising SAPIs (Promoters of Investment Stock Companies), trusts, private funds, and special-purpose vehicles designed to operate real estate projects, manage assets, and channel funds through multiple corporate entities. The companies identified include MORCAM INMOBILIARIA, GPIQR FUND, PRIVATE EQUITY DG MX 01, INVESTMENT FUND QR1, ESPACIO PATRIMONIAL QR1, UC51 PATRIMONIAL, and INMUEBLES QR2 through QR15. Several of these were incorporated consecutively using similar legal structures and the same notaries, revealing a pattern of corporate organization designed to segment assets and manage operations through distinct legal entities.
The investigation also documents the involvement of Jorge Arturo Sanén Cervantes—a local deputy and coordinator of the Morena caucus in the Quintana Roo Congress—in companies historically linked to the Moreno-Sanén group. Additionally, members of the Sanén family appear as participants in various companies that are part of this same business network.
The network’s expansion geographically coincides with some of the fastest-growing real estate corridors in Cancún in recent years. The documents reviewed indicate that Carlos Alejandro Moreno Sanen obtained authority to manage and operate properties in areas such as Huaycán and Alfredo V. Bonfil—zones that experienced rapid urban expansion driven by authorizations for land-use changes, increased density, and new real estate developments.
The full investigation, along with the supporting documents, was published by the news outlet Información S/ Límite Quintana Roo; those responsible stated that the files were released in their entirety for public review.
The outlet also expressed concern regarding potential reprisals against its staff and executives resulting from the publication of this investigation.
The question remains:
Is this merely a business coincidence within a booming sector, or is it a structure that warrants a thorough review by oversight and anti-corruption authorities?
Source: mexicodailypost
