Lawmakers agree that the packages are bought with money from loans that “all Salvadorans will pay.” So, a thorough investigation is needed to know who gave the order.
After seeing the delivery in Mexico of more than 1,500 packages of food from the Government of El Salvador, information revealed in a publication of El Faro, the deputies of the Legislative Assembly expressed the fact that both the General Prosecutor’s Office (FGR) and the Court of Auditors The Republic (CCR) must act ex officio, as the packages were purchased with loans obtained by the Salvadoran government to respond to the coronavirus pandemic.
The boxes that were distributed in Tlahualilo had the logos of the Salvadoran government, the Emergency Health Program (PES) printed on them and were labeled as “Social Assistance”, according to El Faro.
CLOCK: Food packages paid for with taxes from Salvadorans were delivered to Mexico
“This news with serious implications is necessary for CCR and FGR to investigate. These packages are needed by thousands of families in poverty. These packages are bought with loan money that all Salvadorans will pay. It is necessary for the investigation to go in depth to find out who gave the order and who (officials) are involved ”. said MP René Portillo Cuadra, chairman of the Special Commission to investigate the placement of securities and loans in the COVID-19 pandemic.
While FMLN MP Jorge Shafick Hándal points out that it is not uncommon to see that this government administration “benefits someone they know” with state resources.
“We don’t know who these government officials have relations with and they sent the packages there with money from Salvadorans. It does not surprise me that the corrupt occupy money, using state resources to campaign, to favor friends, relatives. This is called corruption, “he said.
Hándal added that “the candidate from there (Mexico) should be seen what ties he has with the government here, to see who did the leadership to get the boxes. The prosecutor’s office must proceed ex officio to investigate how that material was given there (Mexico), when it is supposed to be of benefit to Salvadorans in the matter of the pandemic. “
“They are embarrassing the more than 1,700 dead to commit corruption,” Handal said.
I also ask for research in Mexico
The publication of the Lighthouse reveals that the packages were distributed by Juan Carlos Cazares Sandoval, who appears as a candidate for mayor of Tlahualilo by the official party, Morena.
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According to the publication El Faro, the distribution was made on December 24, 2020 and subsequently published on the official Facebook page close to the candidate in question.
In Mexico, users of the 06 irrigation module in Tlahualilo, where the food parcels were distributed, called for a thorough investigation into the 1,500 food baskets distributed by Juan Carlos Cázares Sandoval. Because it is not the first time they deliver these foods: they indicated that in the middle of the year they also gave products from the basic basket, but the first time it was in bags, now it was in boxes and shields with the name of another country.
In December 2020, the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Pablo Anliker, did not specify the amounts that were used to purchase the food basket. Salvadoran lawmakers questioned the inconsistency of the data on the basic grain reserve, as the presidential house said it bought $ 30 million in products, but the report said the investment was $ 23.4 million.
The government is silent on delivery in Mexico and announces the arrival of food deliveries
The Salvadoran government did not provide explanations as to why food packages were delivered to Mexico, paid for in Salvadoran taxes.
Instead, the Presidential Press Secretariat announced the arrival of a boat with 625 tons of food for the Emergency Medical Program (PES). And he ignored the scandal over the distribution of food packages abroad.
Food arriving for the Health Emergency Program (PES) will be paid for with money from Salvadoran taxpayers; For this reason, it is surprising that these packages were distributed in Mexico.
