Sader urges to accelerate investigation at Segalmex

We can share with you that we have delivered files of 53 former employees and public servants allegedly involved in complaints about this crime; 29 of which are former civil servants and public servants, and 24 are suppliers”.

Víctor Villalobos, holder of the Sader.

Derived from the network of corruption detected in the Mexican Food Security agency (Segalmex), to date the Ministry of Public Administration (SFP) has already filed 53 criminal complaints against 29 former employees and 24 suppliers before the Attorney General’s Office.

This was reported by Víctor Villalobos Arámbula, Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development, during his appearance before the commission of the branch of the Chamber of Senators for the analysis of the Fourth Government Report of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, when answering a question about The subject was formulated by PAN senator Xóchitl Gálvez.

“Today we can share with you that we have managed to keep files on 53 former employees and public servants allegedly involved in complaints about this crime; 29 of which are former civil servants and public servants, and 24 are providers. We have also carried out an investigation and we have presented the files of 29 public servants who worked in Segalmex, one of them is a head of the Administration and Finance Unit; three are directors; ten are managers; three are deputy directors; and operational personnel, 12 of them ”, he specified.

Villalobos Arámbula took advantage of the occasion and urged the corresponding authorities to accelerate the investigation of the case because he feels that the “process is slow” and needs to be concluded now so that “these people who have committed these crimes pay for these crimes.” .

In his initial speech, the official reported that last June the Production Program for Well-being registered an advance of 84% since of the 14,007 million pesos allocated in the 2022 budget for its operation, in the first semester 12,800 had already been delivered. millions of pesos.

He also assured, citing the report of the United Nations Agency for Food and Agriculture (FAO), that the undernourished population in the country was reduced.

“While in 2018 7.2% of Mexicans were in this situation, in 2021 it was 6.1%. Between 2018 and 2021, in absolute terms, 1.4 million Mexicans overcame their undernourishment condition,” said Villalobos Arámbula. He explained that the support was destined for the most part to the production of basic grains.

rolando.ramos@eleconomista.mx