Delfina Gómez Celebrates One Million Social Justice Caravan Procedures; Aims to Eliminate Bureaucratic Barriers
Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.
At a glance
- The itinerant caravans for social justice in Mexico's State of Mexico have processed one million procedures.
- These caravans benefit over 370,000 families, with 95% of services offered free of charge.
- Governor Delfina Gómez highlighted the initiative as a key strategy to bring public services closer to citizens and eliminate bureaucratic barriers.
The State of Mexico's "Caravanas Itinerantes por la Justicia Social" (Itinerant Caravans for Social Justice) have achieved a significant milestone, processing one million procedures. Governor Delfina Gómez Álvarez announced the achievement, emphasizing that these caravans have benefited more than 370,000 families across all 125 municipalities. The initiative offers 95% of its services for free, generating an estimated savings of over 278 million pesos by reducing travel time, costs, and the need for citizens to commute long distances. Governor Gómez described the caravans as a cornerstone of her administration's strategy to bring public services directly to the people, provide legal certainty, and dismantle bureaucratic obstacles. The program involves over 150 public servants from 31 federal, state, and municipal agencies, reflecting a coordinated effort to deliver essential services. "Social justice is a principle of transformation governments that places the prosperity, justice, and security of the people at the center of public policies," Gómez stated, underscoring the program's alignment with her administration's core values. The caravans have traversed the state multiple times, bringing services such as civil registry procedures, property regularization, will preparation, legal advice, and driver's license issuance directly to communities. Jesús George Zamora, Legal Advisor, noted that the initiative represents a new way of governing where institutions actively reach out to citizens to resolve their needs and guarantee their rights.
Social justice is a principle of the transformation governments that places the prosperity, justice, and security of the people at the center of public policies.
Originally published by El Universal in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.