Hundreds of boxes of food from the Salvadoran Government’s Health Emergency Program were distributed in Mexico. Attorney General Raúl Melara has said he has opened an investigation.
The Attorney General’s Office (FGR) has opened an investigation to determine how food packages intended for the Salvadoran population were distributed in a municipality in northern Mexico, as recently published by the digital newspaper El Far.
According to the publication of the 13 of February, in the previous December, 1,500 packages of foods labeled with logos of Salvadoran government, and that were of the Program of Sanitary Emergency (PES) were distributed by Juan Carlos Cazares Sandoval , candidate for mayor by the official party Bruna, in the municipality of Tlahualilo, in the state of Durango.
During the voting of candidates for magistrates, the Attorney General of the Republic confirmed that the distribution of food packages with Salvadoran logos in Mexico is being investigated. Taken from @Teledos_tcs.
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“There is an open case, as we did here when packages were found at an ARENA headquarters, just as we did when packages were found at a Democratic Change headquarters, obviously the Prosecutor’s Office is looking after the interests of the “State and it is our obligation to corroborate whether there were indeed aid packages that were for the Salvadorans in Mexico …”, said the Attorney General, Raúl Melara, this Sunday.
The official provided the statements after issuing his vote in the elections of magistrates of the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ).
The investigation arose after the Lighthouse published that on December 24, 2020, the 1,500 packages, equivalent to 30 tons of food, were distributed.
The distribution was made on December 24, 2020 and later advertised on the official Facebook page of the irrigation sector number 6, which highlighted that Cazares “in support of the homes of the different ejidos that make up the irrigation module delivered today, December 24, 2020, the amount of 1,500 very well-stocked pantries, which is equivalent to 30 tons of food. “
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To date, the Nayib Bukele Government has kept silent about these 30 tons of food that was paid for with public funds by Salvadoran citizens.
Following the news of the distribution of packages in Mexico, deputies reacted days ago asking both the Prosecutor’s Office and the Court of Auditors to investigate ex officio what has happened.
Lawmakers agree that the packages are bought with loan money that “we will pay all Salvadorans.” So in-depth investigation is needed to find out who gave the order, they said.