Anti-Corruption sanctions 13 officials for minor offenses, with suspensions up to 3 months

Mexico's Secretariat of Anti-Corruption and Good Government has issued sanctions against 13 public servants across nine different government departments for committing minor infractions. The penalties, which include disqualifications lasting up to three months, are a result of ongoing investigations into administrative misconduct.

The Secretariat detailed that these actions were initiated through the Internal Control Units at major state-owned entities, including Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) and the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE). Investigations also took place within the Internal Control Bodies of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS), the Secretariat of National Defense (Defensa), the National System for Integral Family Development (SNDIF), the National Customs Agency of Mexico (ANAM), the Institute to Return the People What Was Stolen (INDEP), the Administration of the National Port System of Manzanillo (ASIPONA Manzanillo), and the Secretariat of Health (Salud).

Among the sanctioned individuals are employees at Pemex who received a 30-day suspension for failing to process post-mortem labor benefit claims for a deceased worker. At CFE, an employee was suspended for 15 days for registering electricity supply contract requests without proper authorization. In a more severe case at IMSS, an individual was disqualified for three months for omitting medical examinations and treatment for a patient, which led to the patient's health deteriorating until their death in 2022.

Other sanctions include a private reprimand for an army member in Oaxaca for not properly completing a patient's clinical record, a 15-day suspension for an employee at a child care center for mistreating a minor, and suspensions for customs agents at Mexico City International Airport for failing to conduct thorough baggage inspections. Additionally, employees at INDEP and ASIPONA Manzanillo faced suspensions for issues related to contract modifications and administrative oversight.