Carlos Ímaz Gispert (born 1958) is a Mexican politician, academic, and activist and a founding member of the Party of the Democratic Revolution.
Those implicated included the finance secretary of the Federal District, Gustavo Ponce, and René Bejarano, a local deputy of the PRD and president of the government commission of the legislative assembly.
Within 48 hours of René Bejarano's video release, Ímaz, then Delegational Chief in Tlalpan, simply said, "Me too...," admitting he had been part of the scandal.
[5] In an interview on March 5, 2003, with journalist Carmen Aristegui, Ímaz stated that the money received was for "cazamapaches" (raccoon hunt) brigades organized to combat electoral fraud, which are common in Mexico.
He described Carlos Ahumada as a blackmailer and mercenary, who later demanded directorship positions in departments and administrations managed by the delegation, which Ímaz says he refused.
However, due to the electoral nature of the crimes and the inability of the court quantify everything and other issues with the offense imprisonment term length, the penalty was changed to a fine of 100,000 pesos.
On March 20, 2004, Carlos Ahumada attempted to reverse the situation by federally denouncing Ímaz and Bejarano for extortion, basing the complaint on his own testimony and those of his business partner, his secretary, and Gustavo Ponce.
[16] On March 8, 2004, the plenary of the national executive committee of the PRD determined the start of the procedure for the suspension of guarantees, anticipating a possible expulsion from the party, which did not occur.
[17] On April 21, 2004, the then head of Government of the Federal District, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, characterized it as reprehensible and condemnable that Ímaz and René Bejarano Martínez received money from Carlos Ahumada.
[19] On September 16, 2006, in the Zócalo during the Democratic National Convention, he was proposed as a member of the Civil Resistance Committee of Andrés Manuel López Obrador against electoral fraud.