Construction of Galois covers of curves with groups of \(SL_{2}\)-type (Q2643489)

Let \(p\neq\ell\) be prime numbers and \(R\) the ring of integers of a finite product \(L\) of local fields over \(\mathbb{Q}_{\ell}\). The author proves in this note that there exists a smooth connected projective curve \(X\) over \(\bar{\mathbb{F}}_p\) and a compatible system of connected étale Galois covers \(\pi_m:Y_m\to X\) with Galois group SL\(_2(R/\ell^mR)\). The main tool is the \(\ell\)-adic monodromy of Hecke invariant subvarieties in the moduli space of abelian varieties [\textit{C.-L. Chai}, Pure Appl. Math. Q. 1, 291--303 (2005; Zbl 1140.11031)].