# Mexican Prosecutors Investigate Five Officials for Energy Fund Misuse in Aguascalientes

Federal prosecutors in Mexico investigate five former Aguascalientes officials for misusing over 848 million pesos in energy efficiency funds.

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The Mexican Attorney General's Office (FGR) is seeking to initiate a criminal process against five former municipal officials of Aguascalientes for diverting resources between 2019 and 2021. [^1]

Eugenio Javier Maiz Domene, the owner of Next Energy, is currently detained in the state prison of Aguascalientes on suspicion of fraud. [^2]

Audits confirmed that the payments were made from 2019 until December 31, 2021, even though the works had not started and the service was never provided. [^3]

Next Energy returned a total of 154.1 million pesos to the municipal coffers, including VAT, but the municipality failed to cancel the original expense or document the destination of the returned funds. [^4]

The investigation relates to a contract worth more than 848 million pesos for the Municipal Energy Efficiency Program, which was signed on March 28, 2019, under the administration of former mayor María Teresa Jiménez. [^5]

Maiz Domene accused the officials of engaging in corruption to maintain his imprisonment by creating fabricated case files in a single week. [^6]

On August 3, 2026, Maiz Domene filed a formal complaint with the Attorney General's Office (Fiscalía General de la República) against federal judges and officials from Aguascalientes. [^7]

The complaint alleges that the judicial and administrative officials acted to keep Maiz Domene detained through the manipulation of legal documents. [^8]

## What this stands on

1. The Mexican Attorney General's Office (FGR) is seeking to initiate a criminal process against five former municipal officials of Aguascalientes for diverting resources between 2019 and 2021. (La Jornada, News)
2. Eugenio Javier Maiz Domene, the owner of Next Energy, is currently detained in the state prison of Aguascalientes on suspicion of fraud. (EL NORTE, News)
3. Audits confirmed that the payments were made from 2019 until December 31, 2021, even though the works had not started and the service was never provided. (La Jornada, News)
4. Next Energy returned a total of 154.1 million pesos to the municipal coffers, including VAT, but the municipality failed to cancel the original expense or document the destination of the returned funds. (La Jornada, News)
5. The investigation relates to a contract worth more than 848 million pesos for the Municipal Energy Efficiency Program, which was signed on March 28, 2019, under the administration of former mayor María Teresa Jiménez. (La Jornada, News)
6. Maiz Domene accused the officials of engaging in corruption to maintain his imprisonment by creating fabricated case files in a single week. (EL NORTE, News)
7. On August 3, 2026, Maiz Domene filed a formal complaint with the Attorney General's Office (Fiscalía General de la República) against federal judges and officials from Aguascalientes. (EL NORTE, News)
8. The complaint alleges that the judicial and administrative officials acted to keep Maiz Domene detained through the manipulation of legal documents. (EL NORTE, News)

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