The documents of the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena) leaked by the hacktivist group Guacamaya, show that the Army received 113 billion pesos without accountability.
According to a note from Reforma, the money given by the federal government to the Armed Forces comes from the customs trust.
The federal government plans to spend the 113 billion pesos that the Trust has to Administer the Consideration of Article 16 of the Customs Law (FACLA).
Destination of the money to the Sedena
Of the $113 billion pesos, $53.615 billion pesos are for “Priority Works,” including $28.289 billion pesos for the Isthmus of Tehuantepec corridor, which controls the Secretariat of the Navy (Semar); 21,299 million for Sedena works on the northern border, and 3,927 million for the so-called Guaymas Project, which includes a highway and a port.
Another item, called “Purchase of Equipment”, will receive a total of 9 thousand 267 million pesos, of which 7 thousand 822 million are for Semar; one thousand 20 million, for the Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA) and 425 million for the Mayan Train.
In addition, it is mentioned that the Sedena will have another 17 thousand 154 million additional to modernize customs in eight states.
“All these resources are additional to those approved by the Chamber of Deputies in the Expenditure Budgets for 2023 and 2024,” the media highlights.
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The presidential plane
To deal with the presidential plane, which has not been sold, Sedena has worked on a proposal to use it commercially through a new airline, but with a model that the administration itself recognizes as a potential generator of additional costs, reveal documents leaked by the Guacamaya group.
According to the media Expansión, the federal government has proposed a new alternative: operate it commercially in charge of Sedena, through a new airline that is managed by Grupo Aeroportuario, Ferroviario y de Servicios Auxiliares Olmeca – Maya – Mexica S.A de C.V. (GAFSAOMM), which would seek to operate the company at the Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA).
“The new airline would have a fleet of 10 aircraft among which would be the presidential plane, and seeks to start up for the following year with an investment of up to one thousand 800 million pesos,” says the note.
The profitability of the José María Morelos y Pavón aircraft would be reached with an additional 40% to the cost per flight hour, which was calculated at 362 thousand 578 pesos.
As an alternative, the analysis suggests the use of the aircraft as a military aircraft, “so that Sedena increases its capacity in national and international air transport, in support of the various operational agencies and the Military Education System, as well as other agencies of the Federal Public Administration.”
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As long as the plane remains stranded and is not sold, experts warn that it will continue to generate costs.
According to the GAFSAOMM analysis, more than 318 million pesos have been disbursed between the expenses of the past administration and the present one.
In addition, between the debt owed to Banobras for the purchase of the aircraft itself, and other crew costs, fuel and maintenance for one year, an additional expense of at least one thousand 783.4 million pesos is estimated.
Hence, to date, there is a risk that the plane deteriorates before it is paid off.
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