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Tamaulipas Files 70 Complaints in 344 Million-Peso Health-Contract Case, Names Ex-Governor

The filings target alleged irregular 2017–2018 health contracts benefiting firms tied to the Carmona network.

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Overview

  • The Health Secretariat, through legal director Iván Saldaña, lodged 70 complaints, including 14 criminal, with the Anticorruption Prosecutor, State Congress, ASE, ASF and the state Anticorruption Secretariat.
  • Auditors report that in 2017–2018 payments were authorized without required bidding invitations or competing quotes, with unsigned contracts and some disbursements lacking invoices.
  • Authorities identify Grupo Industrial Permart and Grupo Industrial Joser as the main beneficiaries, describing links to the Carmona network and roles as maintenance providers to state hospitals.
  • The alleged loss totals 343,966,000 pesos, with 221 million in state funds and 122 million federal, and officials say the contracted amount neared 500 million with 157 million curiously left unpaid and unclaimed.
  • Those named include Francisco García Cabeza de Vaca and former health officials Gloria de Jesús Molina Gamboa, Horacio García Rojas Guerra, Alejandro Aguilar Poegner and Román Castillo Airola, and there have been no arrests or public responses.