Tamaulipas anticorruption agency sanctions 195 officials, disqualifies 134

The Secretariat for Anticorruption and Good Governance in Tamaulipas has taken action against 195 public officials for misconduct, resulting in 134 disqualifications. Norma Angélica Pedraza Melo, the secretariat's head, stated that the majority of those disqualified, approximately 90%, served in the previous administration. Some former officials have challenged these sanctions, with their cases currently being processed by the Administrative Justice Tribunal.

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When we arrived - in this administration of Américo Villarreal Anaya (Morena) - only 31,000 people from the state executive branch submitted their patrimonial and interest declaration. Currently, more than 79,000 have been presented on time, and we are advancing in investigations, having sanctioned 195 public servants to date; to be precise, 52 people have been sanctioned this year alone.

Pedraza Melo highlighted a significant increase in transparency and accountability since the current administration took office. When they began, only 31,000 individuals in the state executive branch submitted their patrimonial and interest declarations. Now, over 79,000 have filed these documents on time. The secretariat has also advanced investigations, sanctioning 195 public servants to date, with 52 of those sanctions issued this year alone.

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There are disqualifications; of those 195 sanctioned people to date, 134 correspond to a disqualification sanction, there are also reprimands and suspensions. We have sent 85 files to the Administrative Justice Tribunal for alleged offenses that have been classified as serious.

Of the 195 sanctioned individuals, 134 received disqualifications, while others faced reprimands and suspensions. The secretariat has forwarded 85 cases involving alleged serious offenses to the Administrative Justice Tribunal and an additional 84 to the State Tribunal, with one case sent to the Federal Tribunal. Pedraza Melo emphasized that the government has met indicators for transparency, noting that audited public accounts have shown low observed amounts, indicating improved financial order.

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90% of the disqualifications correspond to people from the previous administration and yes, there are high-level individuals who have been disqualified, the sanction was issued, in some cases they appealed, they went for amparo, and we are still in the process.