Lawmakers agree that the packages are bought with money from loans that “all Salvadorans will pay.” A thorough investigation is therefore necessary to know who gave the order.
After knowing that the government of El Salvador has delivered more than 1,500 food parcels to Mexico, information was disclosed in a publication from El Faro, deputies of the Legislative Assembly expressed that both the Office of the Attorney General (FGR) and the Court of Audit of the The Republic (CCNR) must act on its own initiative, as the packages were purchased with loans obtained by the Salvadoran government to respond to the coronavirus pandemic.
The boxes distributed in the municipality of Tlahualilo had the logos of the Salvadoran government, the Health Emergency Program (PES) printed on them and were labeled “Social Welfare,” according to the El Faro publication.
WATCH: Food packages paid for with taxes from Salvadorans were delivered to Mexico
“This news with serious consequences is necessary for the CCNR and the FGR to investigate. These packages are needed for thousands of families living in poverty. These packages are bought with borrowed money that all Salvadorans will pay. It is necessary that the investigation is in-depth to find out who gave the order and who (officials) are involved ”. said Deputy René Portillo Cuadra, chair of the special committee to investigate the placement of titles and loans in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
While deputy Jorge Shafick Hándal, of the FMLN, points out that it is not uncommon to see this government administration “benefiting someone they know” through state resources.
“We don’t know who these government officials have a relationship with and they have sent the Salvadorans’ parcels of money there. I am not surprised that corrupt people occupy money, use state resources to campaign, favor friends and relatives. This is called corruption, ”he said.
Handal added that “the candidate from there (Mexico) should see what connections he has with the government here, to see who did the management to get the boxes. The prosecution must act ex officio to investigate how that material was given there (Mexico) when it is supposedly a benefit to Salvadorans in the pandemic issue. “
“They occupy the shame of the more than 1,700 dead to commit their corruption,” convicted Handal.
In Mexico they are also asking for research
The publication of the lighthouse reveals that the packages were distributed by Juan Carlos Cazares Sandoval, who is emerging as a candidate for mayor of Tlahualilo by the official party, Morena.
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According to El Faro’s publication, the distribution took place on December 24, 2020 and later published on the official Facebook page close to the candidate in question.
In Mexico, users of Irrigation Module 06 in Tlahualilo, where the food parcels were distributed, demanded a thorough investigation into the case of the 1,500 food baskets distributed by Juan Carlos Cázares Sandoval. Since this is not the first time that they deliver these foods: they indicated that they also gave products from the base basket in the middle of the year, but the first time it came in bags, now in boxes and with shields with the name of another country .
In December 2020, the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Pablo Anliker, did not indicate the amounts used to purchase the food basket. Salvadoran deputies questioned the non-coincidence of data in the case of the basic grain reserve, as the presidential house stated that it had purchased $ 30 million worth of produce, but the investment was $ 23.4 million, according to the report.
The government is silent on the delivery in Mexico and announces the arrival of food shipments
The Salvadoran government has not given any explanation as to why food packages have been delivered to Mexico, paid with Salvadoran taxes.
Instead, the presidential press secretariat announced the arrival of a boat carrying 625 tons of food for the Sanitary Emergency Program (PES). And it has ignored the scandal about the distribution of food parcels abroad.
The food coming in for the Sanitary Emergency Program (PES) is paid for with money from Salvadoran taxpayers; For this reason, it is surprising that these packages were distributed in Mexico.
