According to investigations based on official documents, within his Senate office there are not only advisors, but also direct family members on the public payroll:
Tonantzin Ibáñez Camacho – sister – up to 60,000 pesos per month
Alexia Almaguer Granados – granddaughter – around 40,000 pesos per month
Yolotl Fernanda Enríquez Ibáñez – niece – close to 40,000 pesos per month
Martha Arlette Granados Ibáñez – also a family member on the payroll
All on his team. All paid with public funds.
When asked, the response was basically this: “It’s not nepotism, because positions aren’t inherited.”
In other words… as long as the position isn’t directly handed to family members, putting them on the payroll is fine.
Their names appear in official documents and records.
There are internal reports that they aren’t even seen working regularly.
And yet, he publicly denies having any family members on the payroll, so the question naturally arises: do they work or just collect a paycheck? The same 4T administration that promised to end privileges is now replicating the oldest practices in Mexican politics: using power to place cronies in positions of power.
And although there is a law that penalizes administrative nepotism, the catch lies in the details: if it can’t be proven that the official “intervened directly,” everything remains in a gray area.
They didn’t inherit the position, but they did inherit access to the budget.
And while millions outside are looking for work, inside the Senate it seems that something simpler is enough: having the right last name.
Source: amorpormexico
