Due to irregularities in public works contracts, delayed payments, payments to deceased people and lack of delivery of scholarship resources, the government of Chiapashas 678.5 million pesos to clarifyso a possible embezzlement from the treasury is presumed during the last year of the administration of Rutilio Escandonwhich makes this entity with the largest amount of resources to clarify, only after Veracruz.
According to the second delivery of reports from the review of the Public Account 2024 carried out by the Superior Audit of the Federation (ASF), the resources that have not been resolved should have been allocated to public health programs, to pay teachers, drinking water programs and public works.
In the Compliance Audit: 2024-A-07000-19-0575-2025 made at Contribution Fund for the Strengthening of Federal EntitiesChiapas has a alleged embezzlement of 92.8 million pesos that correspond to irregularities recorded in public works contracts.
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“It is presumed probable damage or harm, or both, to the Federal Public Treasury for an amount of 92,841,188.60 pesos (ninety-two million eight hundred and forty-one thousand one hundred and eighty-eight pesos 60/100 MN), plus the financial returns generated from its disposal until its return to the Federation Treasury“, says the opinion.
Government of Chiapas violated the regulations
It also points out that “in the exercise of the resources, the Government of the State of Chiapas violated the regulations, mainly in matters of Fiscal Coordination Law and the General Education Lawsince through the federal and state payrolls of the fund, it made payments after the date of the workers’ discharge due to 3.9 million pesos and payments to workers identified as deceased during fiscal year 2024 for 426 thousand pesos.
Furthermore, through the resources of the subfund “Operating Expenses”, made payments
by 54 million pesos for scholarships for primary and secondary levels
general and secondary technical, of which the delivery of the resources to the
beneficiaries, in accordance with the payment requests authorized by the Coordination of Special and Compensatory Programswhich generated probable damage to the Federal Public Treasury in the amount of 58.3 million pesos, which represented 0.2% of the audited sample. “The observations led to actions that were promoted before the corresponding control body.”
In the exercise of resources, the Chiapas High School College violated the regulations, mainly regarding the General Government Accounting Law and of Execution Annex celebrated between the Federal Executive, through the Ministry of Public Educationthe Government of Chiapas and the Colegio de Bachilleres de Chiapas, which generated probable damage to the Federal Public Treasury in the amount of 96.6 million pesos, which represented 2.8% of the audited sample.
Rutilio Escandón, consul general of Mexico, in Miami
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The report of the ASF It also points out that “probable damage or harm, or both, to the Federal Public Treasury is presumed for an amount of 13 million pesosplus the financial burdens generated from its disposal until its return to the Federal Public Treasury (TESOFE), for making payments to 38 workers whose work attendance was not verified in the fiscal year 2024of which 26 contracts or appointments were not presentedin breach of the Federal Budget and Fiscal Responsibility Law.
At the end of her administration, President Claudia Sheinbaum appointed Rutilio Escandón as Consul General of Mexico in Miami. USA.
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