Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, June 16, 2026 – The CENDI “Tierra y Libertad” in Puerto Vallarta has filed a complaint with the Fiscalía General de la República after its current director said 1.3 million pesos in federal public funds disappeared from a bank account in November 2025.
The money was meant to help fund the preschool center’s operations, including staff pay, according to director Teresa Gutiérrez Bojórquez. She said workers have gone 10 months without wages.
The case was taken to the FGR because the money involved federal resources. As of Tuesday morning, PVDN found no public FGR bulletin naming a suspect, confirming charges, or announcing an investigative finding.
A funding dispute at a local preschool
Gutiérrez said the account still held 1.3 million pesos after she took over leadership of the center in September 2025. She said the account had been emptied two months later.
The allegation comes after months of conflict over the center’s administration. In February, local reporting documented an attempted leadership change involving PT federal deputies. That effort did not immediately remove Director Corina Naranjo Trujillo.
By Sept. 1, the dispute had reached families. Earlier reporting said more than 100 children were left without classes at the start of the 2025-2026 school year after the center’s facilities were closed during the conflict.
Gutiérrez later took possession of the position on Sept. 16, according to the current report. She said the center is still waiting for a federal-state agreement to release about 9 million pesos for payroll and operating costs.
Former director denies taking the money
Naranjo, now described in local reporting as Puerto Vallarta’s municipal subdirector of education, denied removing money from the account.
“Of course, I did not take the money from the CENDI account,” she said, adding that the funds are auditable and could not be withdrawn casually, according to a separate report on her response.
Naranjo said withdrawals required two signatures. She also said that, by the time she left the post in September, she understood the account had been used for teachers, suppliers, and general expenses.
Investigators would need to establish whether the money remained after the leadership change, who had access to the account, and what bank records show.
Why the FGR is involved
PVDN reviewed state and federal program records because the funding source shapes the investigation.
Jalisco’s 2026 file for the Programa Expansión de la Educación Inicial, known as PEEI, lists the program as federally funded. It shows a 2026 federal budget of 12,133,505.87 pesos for Jalisco and says resources are transferred to states through an operating agreement.
The state’s PEEI program page states that the program supports public early childhood education for children from birth to age 3. Its listed components include support for CENDI centers in the regularization process.
Federal 2026 program documents describe PEEI as a national effort to expand early childhood education, including support for CENDI centers in regularization and for CENDI centers operating with volunteer support.
Those records do not prove the alleged theft. They do show why the complaint was filed with federal prosecutors rather than treated only as a local labor or school dispute.
What families and staff should watch
The immediate concern is whether teachers and staff are paid, and whether the center can operate without more interruptions.
Parents should watch for three developments: a signed operating agreement, any public FGR update, and whether bank records clarify who authorized withdrawals from the account.
For readers following local investigations, the case now sits at the intersection of education funding, public accountability, and Puerto Vallarta crime coverage.
