translated from Spanish: EPN presumed corruption combating, but without results

the sixth report of Government of Enrique Peña Nieto included one of the subjects that most wore his administration: corruption. But far from offering results in research fund and sanctions, showed letters rogatory and anti-corruption consultations in the same cases as the bribery of Odebrecht and the construction of the new airport in the city of Mexico, which were presented as achievements of the National anti-corruption system, little more than one year of its launch.
The report hypothesized figures and actions in this matter, while during this Sexennium Mexico spent 105 place the 135 in corruption, among 180 countries ranked by the index of perception of corruption, which produces every year transparency international.
In the chapter on justice, the fight against corruption and transparency section, presumed sanctions only in one case, that of the express pass.
He mentioned 24 procedures opened by administrative responsibility to the Secretariat of communications and transport (SCT) and the National Commission of water (Conagua).
This case refers to the open pit, July 12, 2017, in a work opened just three months earlier. Two people were killed when falling into the hole, Juan Mena Lopez and Juan Mena Romero, father and son.
24 procedures opened by the tunnel, in 23 cases there were sanctions related to “suspension, dismissal and temporary disqualification” for a period of three months, one year and ten years to the officials involved.
The full report, more than 700 pages, contains twice the name of Odebrecht, a Brazilian construction company that paid bribes in political campaigns of 12 Latin American countries. While Mexico is the only country, along with Venezuela, in which there are no detainees on these facts, the Government mentions him among his achievements in fighting corruption.
But the presumed actions are simple letters rogatory. One of the 15 January 2018, directed to the PGR to make report on attention to possible acts of corruption, and another on 17 April, the Committee Coordinator of the system national anti-corruption case. No reported major findings or sanctions.
Just two weeks ago, a new investigative report said that through the company high furnaces of Mexico, bought by Pemex in a damaging price, deposits were made by almost $ 4 million to an offshore firm that used Odebrecht for distribute bribes, from which was allegedly paid, for example, to companies linked to the former Director of Pemex, Emilio Lozoya Austin, who was the Coordinator of International Affairs of Pena Nieto campaign when he was a presidential candidate in 2012.
Other presumed anti-corruption action are preventative counseling given to various agencies and programs. Among them, he mentioned that he advised the airport group of the city of Mexico in three international tendering for the construction of the tunnel of deep storm drain, of the external networks of services and the intermodal transportation center, in the project of the new airport international in the city of Mexico (NAICM).
The report does not speak of actions or detection of cases of corruption in this megaobra, the future Government has put under the magnifying glass, despite the Superior audit of the Federation has detected irregularities by more than 1 billion pesos, as well as overpayments to contractors or services that were not checked.
Another issue that most marked the six-year period, the corruption of Governors, appeared in a paragraph of the Executive summary, but no names of those involved or details of the acts committed.
“In relation to the complaints lodged against the Attorney-General’s Office for alleged acts of corruption against former Governors, four defendants are subject to pre-trial detention and in two other cases, follow the legal procedures for” the arrest for purposes of extradition to Mexico,”said the text.
One of the extradition requests is the former Governor of Chihuahua, Cesar Duarte, accused of corruption. Even though his name did not appear in the document, his image appeared on one of the videos of President Enrique Peña Nieto, on the occasion of its last Government report.
Read: Appears Cesar Duarte, fugitive from justice, in EPN video showing off achievements one of the detained former Governors is Javier Duarte, who two weeks ago the PGR withdrew the charge of organized crime involving automatic pre-trial detention, what He opened the door to his defence to request that she faces trial in freedom.
In addition, the text of the report does not refer to sanctions or clarifications by emblematic cases of the term, such as the diversion of resources through universities, known as the master scam, or relation to the White House, although the latter’s theme the President Peña Nieto recorded a video in which admitted that it had been a mistake to how handled it.
Sanctions and money recovered the annex statistical sixth report reported that during the next six years were recovered through audits 10 thousand 374 million pesos, half during the first two years of Government, while in the first half of 2018 only have reinstated 364.6 million.
These figures were very far from the nearly 900 billion pesos which, according to some estimates, cost annually to corruption, and 500 billion missing according to the President-elect, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, by this cause.
The Government data also pointed to during the six-year period there were 61 thousand 251 sanctions for public servants. 2014 was the year with more, almost 17 thousand, while that in the first half of 2018 will be just 3 thousand 146, one-fifth.
As to sanctions to bidders, suppliers and contractors, the report reported that half of the cases investigated resolutions ended without punishment: mil 520 2 thousand 850 during the next six years.

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