The president of Miss Universe is under federal investigation for drug trafficking.

Miss Universe Scandal: Pageant President Entangled in Drug and Arms Trafficking Network in Federal Investigation

A high-level federal investigation has uncovered a network of corruption, drug trafficking, and arms trafficking reaching into the highest echelons of the entertainment world, directly implicating Raúl Rocha Cantú, the president of Miss Universe. This businessman, who in 2023 acquired 50% of the pageant's rights for 16 million dollars through his investment club Legacy Club, is now under scrutiny by Mexico's Attorney General's Office (FGR) for his links to organized crime. The investigation, initiated in 2024 from an anonymous tip, reveals a sophisticated operation using the infrastructure of one of his companies, Soluciones Gas Cifras del Sur, to divert hydrocarbons from Pemex, under a million-dollar contract worth 750 million pesos, and distribute them to drug cartels. This case is not just about crime; it is an emblem of the moral rot and collusion between government, big business, and the drug trade plaguing the nation.

The criminal operation stretched from the Usumacinta River on the border with Guatemala to the states of Chiapas and Tabasco, where stolen hydrocarbons were transported via speedboats and distributed nationwide through tanker trucks. The primary buyers of this stolen fuel were none other than the violent Jalisco New Generation Cartel in Querétaro and the Unión Tepito in Mexico City. Most scandalous is the infiltration within the institutions themselves, with the involvement of prosecutor Maricarmen Ramírez and commander Paúl Manrique, who allegedly used their positions within the FGR to protect this criminal network. This is kleptocracy in action: a government that feeds on crime while preaching a false transformation.

The culmination of this farce occurred hours before the Miss Universe final in Cancun on November 15, 2025. To ensure the show went on unblemished, the FGR under President Claudia Sheinbaum granted Rocha protected witness status, allowing him to pay millions, snitch on his partners, and avoid jail. This is the selective justice of the Morena regime: protecting the connected powerful while persecuting political opponents. Adding another layer of corruption, the pageant's winner, Fátima Bosch, is the daughter of a senior Pemex executive, painting the perfect picture of a closed elite protecting itself. The Sheinbaum and AMLO government shielded the event so their "Fourth Transformation" wouldn't be tarnished by the stench of narco, while Pemex, the nation's crown jewel, bleeds billions from fuel theft.

Raúl Rocha is the archetype of the untouchable businessman in modern Mexico: a former honorary consul in Guatemala, revoked for irregularities, with businesses spanning casinos, gas stations, and now beauty queens. Instead of facing the consequences of his actions, he receives VIP treatment as a protected witness. This scandal is a microcosm of the failed war on drugs and the systemic corruption that the current government has not only failed to eradicate but appears to have institutionalized. While ordinary Mexican families struggle with violence and inflation, the ruling elite dances with the narco and launders its image with international beauty pageants.

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