According to EMEEQUIS, Paco Ignacio Taibo II uses public resources allocated to the Fondo de Cultura Económica (FCE) to promote their books and favor their acquaintances with contracts… What does the investigation of this media outlet say?
Paco Ignacio Taibo II uses the Economic Culture Fund
In accordance with the research carried out by Jorge García Orozco from EMEEQUISthe director of the Economic Culture Fund, Paco Ignacio Taibo II, use the public resources of this publishing group to promote their works and benefit their acquaintances.
Yes, the journalist points out that the writer’s administration “It has not been exempt from irregularities and frivolous expenses”because he has bought from gold coins to celebrate the seniority of the workers, even Christmas dinners with turkeys that have cost almost 300 thousand pesos.
However, what has stood out the most is that it has used resources from the Fund to buy the rights to their books and promote them in the windows of the Mexican publisher. This is without counting that it has given contracts to irregular companies.
turkeys and gold coins
As we told you here above, according to EMEEQUIS research, in October 2021, the FCE bought 265 smoked turkeys from the company OMPAPER SA DE CV for 296 thousand 941 pesos (including VAT), to give them away to workers.
In fact, García Orozco points out that Up to now, the agency has spent 586,534 pesos on meals and celebrations for the staff.in contracts delivered to the same supplier, named Wendy Berenice Rodríguez Bernal.
And it has not been the only thing, since they indicate that the Taibo II administration uses the resources of the Economic Culture Fund to buy Aztec gold coins and centennials and give them to employees in recognition of their seniority.
How much did they go out for? The journalist indicates that nine gold coins and 14 centenaries They were purchased from the Mint for one million 157 thousand pesos plus taxes and handed them out to staff last year.
And it has not been the only time since in 2019, for 496 thousand pesos, eight Aztec gold coins and seven centenarians were purchasedand they even spent more than 75 thousand pesos with the company OMPAPER for their cases.
promoting your books
On the other hand, the EMEEQUIS investigation indicates that the administration of Paco Ignacio Taibo II bought the company Gea Distribuciones a total of 26 thousand books for the Etiqueta Negra collection, including his work “La vida misma”.
And according to a request for transparency from this medium, from these books, in two and a half years, only a little over seven thousand have been sold.
“The writer has also taken advantage of and exhibited his own books on the main shelves of the bookstores of the Fondo de Cultura Económica. A request for a position regarding these data was sent to the FCE’s social communication area, with no response so far.”, is read in the work done by Jorge García Orozco.
What does Paco Ignacio Taibo II say?
During a talk that was broadcast on YouTube called “From El Fondo”, Paco Ignacio Taibo II assured that he has a collective bargaining agreement with the Single Union of Workers of the Economic Culture Fund, in which it is indicated that they are obliged to give each year end “a chicken or a pork leg”.
In fact, according to the director of the FCE, they still have the obligation to give workers who have 25 and 10 years of service a gold medal.
And about the books that they bought and later integrated into the “Etiqueta Negra” collection (including one of their works), indicates that it was a complete success, since only seven thousand remain in the warehouses of the publishing house..
What do you think?
