Local representative Víctor Hugo Romo urged various city authorities to investigate alleged acts of corruption in the Miguel Hidalgo mayor’s office related to the property located at 110 La Fontaine Street, Polanco neighborhood, third section.
The legislator requested the intervention of the Mexico City Comptroller General’s Office, the Prosecutor’s Office for the Investigation of Crimes Committed by Public Servants, and the Institute for Administrative Verification (INVEA), so that inspections, sanctions, and verification actions can be carried out on the officials allegedly involved in what he described as a representative case of the so-called “Real Estate Cartel.”
During his address to the podium, Romo directly accused the mayor of Miguel Hidalgo, Mauricio Tabe Echartea, of omission and complicity.
The legislator recalled that irregularities surrounding this property date back to previous administrations, particularly during the administration of Xóchitl Gálvez, when she served as district chief.
Romo asserted that during that period, there were already neighborhood complaints about illegal construction and irregular permits.
In his remarks, he also mentioned David Rodríguez Lara, who served as substitute district chief after Gálvez’s leave of absence, as well as César Garrido, current general director of the Miguel Hidalgo mayor’s office.
According to Romo, both are key players in the network of complicity that allowed the construction project to continue despite a history of sanctions and an administrative disqualification against Garrido.
He also included Esther Martínez Castañeda, director of registries and authorizations in the mayor’s office, whom he accused of signing permits for allegedly irregular construction and business deals.
According to Romo, although she also faces disqualification, she remains in office through an injunction.
The legislator emphasized that, during his own administration as mayor of Miguel Hidalgo, the demolition of illegal apartments on the property at La Fontaine 110 was ordered, “not by order, but by legality.”
He criticized the fact that in 2022, under Mauricio Tabe, the building was allowed to be completed without any sanctions or effective closures.
“We demolished, we closed, and in 2022, Mauricio Tabe arrived and allowed the completion of the same building we demolished. Today, it’s complete and operating as if nothing had happened, without any sanctions, as if the law didn’t exist,” he stated.
Finally, Romo presented the memorandum of understanding for the Mexico City Attorney General’s Office and the Comptroller’s Office to investigate Tabe, Garrido, Martínez, and Rodríguez Lara, as well as any other officials found to be involved in the irregularities. She also demanded that the Miguel Hidalgo mayor’s office submit a detailed report to Congress on the situation of the property in question.
Legislator América Rangel Lorenzana took the floor of the capital’s Congress to speak against the proposal. She stated that construction of the building at Lafontaine 110 was completed during Víctor Romo’s term.
“What an irony that under his administration the project was completed, while under Tabe, it was acted upon with rigor (…) in November 2022, a total closure was imposed, along with fines of 5% of the value of the buildings (…)” she noted.
According to Rangel, the court determined that the private sector complies with General Planning Regulation 7, which allows four levels of 4.5 meters each without restriction. “There is no flagrant violation; there is regulatory compliance.”
The official attributed legislator Romo’s proposal to the fact that “he hasn’t yet overcome the defeat he received from Mayor Mauricio Tabe, and that’s why he’s demanding what he authorized.”
Source: infobae
