Lilly Téllez
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Lilly Téllez is a Mexican journalist for TV Azteca
, the second most important TV broadcast company in Mexico.
She was born in Hermosillo
, Sonora
, where she worked in a local TV channel until 1994, when she was hired as main host of Azteca's main news program, Hechos. She is also an investigative reporter.
On June 22, 2000, her car was shot by a group of unknown men, but she was unharmed. She attributed this attack to a recent airing of an investigation related to the Arellano Félix family of drug dealers.
In 2005 she began a new investigative program, Myths and Facts, transmitted twice a month. In this program she announced a five-program series of an investigation related to the FOBAPROA (a government program to deal with the generalized bankruptcy of banks in the late 1990s (see 1994 economic crisis in Mexico
). She and Javier Alatorre
, another important Azteca reporter, charged the Mexican government tried to stop the airing of the program as it talked about supposed incidents of political corruption of Fox's cabinet member Francisco Gil Díaz
. They showed as proof of this an unsigned memo, printed on plain paper, that allegedly was given by Gil to an Azteca representative in Gil's office. They claimed it had Gil's fingerprints on it. This accusation was met with heavy skepticism even by Mexican journalists – the FOBAPROA was created almost 10 years ago, was heavily scrutinized from the beginning, and Téllez investigation didn't add anything new to the existing body of information. It also focused on Gil's activities at the time and on Banamex bank, completely ignoring other, far more controversial actors.
Téllez "proof" was too weak, and the timing suspicious – just before Francisco Gil announced, as part of his work in Fox's government, sanctions to TV Azteca's owner Ricardo Salinas Pliego
for illegal profit from privileged information both in the United States stock market (where he is prosecuted under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
) and in the Mexican one in operations related to his cell-phone company Unefon
.
Both Gil Díaz and Banamex Bank disregarded the accusations as a blackmail attempt to stop the process against Salinas Pliego. Sanctions were announced as expected, and after Azteca's stock fell, the rest of Téllez investigation apparently was cancelled.
TV Azteca
Azteca, is the second largest Mexican television entertainment. It was established in 1983 as the state-owned Instituto Mexicano de la Televisión , a holding of the national TV networks channel 13 and 7 and was privatized under its current name in 1993 and now is part of Grupo Salinas...
, the second most important TV broadcast company in Mexico.
She was born in Hermosillo
Hermosillo
Hermosillo is a city and municipality located centrally in the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora. It is the capital and main economic center for the state and region. It contains almost all of the state's manufacturing and has thirty percent of its population...
, Sonora
Sonora
Sonora officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 72 municipalities; the capital city is Hermosillo....
, where she worked in a local TV channel until 1994, when she was hired as main host of Azteca's main news program, Hechos. She is also an investigative reporter.
On June 22, 2000, her car was shot by a group of unknown men, but she was unharmed. She attributed this attack to a recent airing of an investigation related to the Arellano Félix family of drug dealers.
In 2005 she began a new investigative program, Myths and Facts, transmitted twice a month. In this program she announced a five-program series of an investigation related to the FOBAPROA (a government program to deal with the generalized bankruptcy of banks in the late 1990s (see 1994 economic crisis in Mexico
1994 economic crisis in Mexico
The 1994 Economic Crisis in Mexico, widely known as the Mexican peso crisis, was caused by the sudden devaluation of the Mexican peso in December 1994....
). She and Javier Alatorre
Javier Alatorre
Javier Alatorre is a Mexican journalist. He is the anchorman of Hechos the headline news program of TV Azteca.-External links:* http://www.123exp-biographies.com/t/00034276189/...
, another important Azteca reporter, charged the Mexican government tried to stop the airing of the program as it talked about supposed incidents of political corruption of Fox's cabinet member Francisco Gil Díaz
Francisco Gil Díaz
Francisco Gil Díaz is a Mexican economist who served as Secretary of Finance in the cabinet of President Vicente Fox and currently serves as regional chairman of Telefónica for Mexico and Central America....
. They showed as proof of this an unsigned memo, printed on plain paper, that allegedly was given by Gil to an Azteca representative in Gil's office. They claimed it had Gil's fingerprints on it. This accusation was met with heavy skepticism even by Mexican journalists – the FOBAPROA was created almost 10 years ago, was heavily scrutinized from the beginning, and Téllez investigation didn't add anything new to the existing body of information. It also focused on Gil's activities at the time and on Banamex bank, completely ignoring other, far more controversial actors.
Téllez "proof" was too weak, and the timing suspicious – just before Francisco Gil announced, as part of his work in Fox's government, sanctions to TV Azteca's owner Ricardo Salinas Pliego
Ricardo Salinas Pliego
Ricardo Benjamín Salinas Pliego is a Mexican businessman and one of Forbes World's Richest People since 2000. He serves as President and CEO of Grupo Salinas and Grupo Elektra, two holdings with interests vested in telecommunications, media and retail stores, among those TV Azteca, Elektra,...
for illegal profit from privileged information both in the United States stock market (where he is prosecuted under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
The Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002 , also known as the 'Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act' and 'Corporate and Auditing Accountability and Responsibility Act' and commonly called Sarbanes–Oxley, Sarbox or SOX, is a United States federal law enacted on July 30, 2002, which...
) and in the Mexican one in operations related to his cell-phone company Unefon
Unefón
Unefón is a Mexican mobile phone operator owned by Iusacell. The company was partially owned by Grupo Salinas and Mexican industrial Grupo Saba, reached more than 2.5 million subscribers in 2006 and its network is CDMA only, using no analog base stations. After a capacity exchange agreement with...
.
Both Gil Díaz and Banamex Bank disregarded the accusations as a blackmail attempt to stop the process against Salinas Pliego. Sanctions were announced as expected, and after Azteca's stock fell, the rest of Téllez investigation apparently was cancelled.