The national president of BREADMarko Cortés Mendoza, affirmed that the case of alleged diversion of resources from the state company Seguridad Alimentaria Mexicana (Segalmex), became the largest case of corruption of the six-year term, for which he urged the federal government not to cover up the former director of that agency, Ignacio Ovalle.
The PAN leader argued that Segalmex It is the federal agency that in four years has presented 22 irregularities observed by the Ministry of Public Function (SFP); 15 open investigation folders and deviations and irregularities for more than 15,000 million pesos.
“Which means that from 2019 to 2021, 18,804,656 pesos have been diverted or embezzled every day, 783,527 pesos every hour and 13,058 pesos every minute,” Cortés Mendoza said in a statement shared this Sunday on his social networks.
The PAN member sued the President of the Republic to stop protecting the former director of Segalmex, Ignacio Ovalle, so that he can be arrested and prosecuted.
“López Obrador has never been interested in fighting corruption, everything has been a farce, he lied to the Mexicans, he lied to his supporters and he lied to the good people, who believed in his false promises,” he launched.
Marko Cortés regretted that López Obrador “overlaps” officials like Ovalle, considering him “an honest man.”
The PAN leader demanded that the millionaire diversion and the network of corruption in Segalmex. He also sued the Government to request jail for all those involved, starting with the former director of the unit.
“Once again it is evident that the government’s anti-corruption discourse is a pure story. The more time passes from this government, its corruption scandals continue to accumulate and there is not a single sentenced ”, expressed Marko Cortés.
He questioned that the federal government has promised to achieve food self-sufficiency in 2021, but the import of grains increased to 17.7 billion dollars in 2022.
“Corruption is still on the rise. Only in Segalmex, a company created by this government, the diversions and frauds far exceed the most notable corruption scandal of the past six-year term, the Master Scam”, stated Marko Cortés.
