The mayor of San Mateo Río Hondo, Oaxaca was paraded for responding to citizen complaints with chairs (Twitter @LagarrapataS22)

In oaxaca And mayor react violently to the demands of the population. It is Angel Gerardo Ruizmayor of Municipality of San Mateo Rio Hondowho replied with chair kicks.

The attack on citizens occurred on February 14 during a meeting at the Government Palace, during which they asked the mayor to return accounts with regard to the resources that he Federal government granted to the community after the passage of the Hurricane Agatha.

Photographs from when Ángel Gerardo Ruiz lost control, grabbed a chair and threw it. This after he was again questioned about the 30 million pesos (mdp) assigned last year due to the devastation caused by the weather phenomenon.

The mayor lost control after being asked about the resources affected to the municipality by Hurricane Agatha (Twitter @LagarrapataS22)
The mayor lost control after being asked about the resources affected to the municipality by Hurricane Agatha (Twitter @LagarrapataS22)

San Mateo Río Hondo is not the only municipality in which citizens have denounced irregularities in the administration of monetary aid. In February of this year, Salomón Jara, Governor of the State of Oaxaca, revealed that former officials misappropriated resources.

Of the 31 municipalities to which the federal government has allocated resources, it has been formally detected anomalies In three: San Mateo Pinas, Pluma Hidalgo and Xanica. Particularly in the first locality mentioned, Jara pointed out that former mayor Tomás Victorio García allegedly stole half of the allocated budget.

The governor charged that “out of the 50 million pesos, he took 25 million and left. We no longer know anything about him.” In addition, Sergio García Gabriel, acting mayor, denounced that resources were transferred from the municipal account to a private construction company probably located in Guerrero.

The federal government has earmarked resources for 31 municipalities affected by Agatha (REUTERS/Jose de Jesus Cortes)
The federal government has earmarked resources for 31 municipalities affected by Agatha (REUTERS/Jose de Jesus Cortes)

A similar case is that of Xanica, which was under the government of Aida Hernández Moreno, whose whereabouts are unknown. Irregularities were detected in the administration of resources intended for victims.

While in Pluma Hidalgo, a municipality to which 50 million were also assigned, Josué José Silva reported with anomalies. In December 2022, residents demonstrated against the former mayor, since they assured that until then the reconstruction work had not been carried out.

In January of this year, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador was in Oaxaca to oversee the progress of the support plan for the population affected by Hurricane Agatha. During the meeting, Laura Velázquez Alzúa indicated that so far 4 thousand 338 million pesos from the federal government have been investedbenefited more than 45,000 families in 31 states and more than 500 kilometers of freeway sections were restored.

AMLO was in Oaxaca in January this year, overseeing the reconstruction after Hurricane Agatha (YouTube/Andrés Manuel López Obrador)
AMLO was in Oaxaca in January this year, overseeing the reconstruction after Hurricane Agatha (YouTube/Andrés Manuel López Obrador)

For his part, the national president proposed to evaluate from the opinion of the inhabitants of the beneficiary municipalities federal support. He entrusted the Ministry of Welfare and Governor Salomón Jara with the coordination of visits to eachlistening to the people.

“I propose that we continue working and that we can organize another meeting in the future, but that an evaluation work be done and that we can inform and collect the feelings of the inhabitants of the 31 municipalities,” López said. Obrador.

AMLO has ordered assemblies to be held in the 31 municipalities of Oaxaca affected by Hurricane Agatha (Photo by Gil OBED / AFP)
AMLO has ordered assemblies to be held in the 31 municipalities of Oaxaca affected by Hurricane Agatha (Photo by Gil OBED / AFP)

The national president indicated that he would return to Oaxaca once the assemblies in the municipalities are over. He should go to the entity in April this year for a new meeting in relation to the progress of the plan.

So far, it is not known what measures have been taken in the three municipalities in which it is alleged that there has been a diversion of resources intended for the victims of the tropical storm that hit Oaxaca in May of the year. former.

the hurricane Agatha was the first of 2022 in Mexico. It touched the national territory on May 30, leaving a balance of 11 dead and 30 missingin addition to property damage.

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