Segalmex Boss Allegedly Requested 120 Million Peso ‘Tithes’
René Gavira Segreste’s demands also purportedly included property in the United States and tickets to NFL games
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IMSS Hands 1.1 Billion Pesos to Shell Company
The Superior Audit of the Federation purports that the Mexican Social Security Institute handed out more than a billion pesos to PM Soluciones Group for technical services that were never rendered
Read moreFriends of AMLO’s Son Allegedly Awarded Government Contracts
One of the biggest contracts is for the so-called Lake Texcoco Ecological Park, which is being built on the land where the Mexico City New International Airport was to be constructed before it was canceled by López Obrador at the beginning of his term
Read moreMorena Pushes to End Government Contracts at Will
The new legislative proposal is seeking to change the way the Mexican federal government terminates its contracts with suppliers
Read moreCDMX Government’s Contract Transparency Turns Opaque
The Mexico City government reportedly spent 57.95 billion pesos on public contracts in 2022 alone, with next to no details surrounding the year’s contracts involved made transparent to the public
Read moreRiobóo Handed Major Mexico City Contracts by Sheinbaum
Riobóo’s public scandals continue as the revelations of his bidless Mexico City government contracts, as overseen by Sheinbaum, came to light
Read moreHead of Fonatur Says Tren Maya Profits Will Pay for Increased Pensions
By MARK LORENZANA Javier May, director of Mexico’s National Fund for the Promotion of Tourism (Fonatur), promised residents from the town of Pomuch in the southeast Mexican state of Campeche that the profits from the Tren Maya — one of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) controversial pet megaprojects — will be used to increase pension payments to senior citizens.
Read moreCompraNet Website Suspension Opens Door to More Corruption
By MARK LORENZANA Anticorruption and transparency groups, business and political organizations, journalists and concerned individuals in Mexico have all called on the government of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) to restore the public-information system CompraNet, which has been “temporarily suspended” since Friday, July 15. CompraNet is an information system in Mexico through which citizens can openly search about
Read moreFIU Investigates Peña Nieto for 26-Million-Peso Wire Transfers
By MARK LORENZANA Mexico’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) is investigating former Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto for allegedly receiving wire transfers amounting to 26 million pesos. On the morning of Thursday, July 7, during the daily press conference of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), Pablo Gómez Álvarez, head of the FIU, said that the money transfers were allegedly made by a direct
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