Following an inquiry by the Thai Anti Money Laundering Organisation, Amlo, a court in May 2014 ordered her to hand over $35.6m as the proceeds of crime.
"He's a monastic man," says Azucena Cisneros, a candidate for Amlo's party in the state of Mexico.
Social media errupted with outrage on Thursday as ¡Hola! released a preview cover portrait of César Yáñez – a long-time Amlo ally – and his wife Dulce Silva.
The Washington Post and Bloomberg have both run recent opinion columns arguing that a victory for Amlo would benefit Moscow.
But Amlo, a close friend of the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, has drawn fire over his some of his close associates, including John Ackerman, an academic who often appears on the Spanish-language service of the Russian news channel RT.
Amlo, a 64-year-old leftist who trounced opponents in Sunday's vote, was repeating an undertaking made on several occasions during his historic campaign – one of several promises designed to bolster his image as a man of the people who will rule for Mexico's 53 million poor.
However, even though he has only been in power for a few months, AMLO, as he is known in Mexico, appears to be adhering to the pattern of dropping his populism once in office; other speeches have produced an average score that only just qualifies as moderately populist.
AMLO, a 64-year-old former Mexico City mayor, ran on promises of getting rid of political corruption, investing in the poor, and fighting inequality.
Then there's Andrés Manuel López Obrador (also known as AMLO), a left wing candidate (PRD), and former mayor of Mexico City, branded as divisive by some but also loved by the poor and disenfranchised.
In the 2006 election, where AMLO was a also a risk, the sell-off of Mexican assets was "significantly less" than in Brazil when Lula won in 2002.
