“500 BILLION PESOS SWALLOWED BY SEDENA WITHOUT ACCOUNTABILITY”
Military-run companies lacking transparency manage tourism in Tulum. Where are the profits? How does this benefit the people?
How does the Maya Train, Jaguar Park, or the airport benefit us? Who are they accountable to? Where do the profits go, if there are any?
TULUM, QUINTANA ROO, JULY 2. — The new owner of Tulum wears a uniform. The Maya Train is operated by SEDENA, Jaguar Park is managed and collects entrance fees through SEDENA, and Tulum Airport is administered by SEDENA.
Through companies such as Mundo Maya, Tren Maya S.A. de C.V., and Grupo Aeroportuario Ferroviario de Servicios Auxiliares y Conexos Olmeca-Maya-Mexico, these projects are carried out.
2. THE THREE QUESTIONS NO ONE ANSWERS
Question 1: How does this benefit us?
The Maya Train promised to “boost Tulum.” The result: Aldea Zama is being sold off. Aldea Tulum is filled with “For Sale” signs. Twenty-six businesses in downtown Tulum have gone bankrupt.
Jaguar Park promised to “bring order.” The result: Mexicans are charged 58 pesos and foreigners 415 pesos to access their own beach. Beach chairs are rented separately.
The airport promised to bring tourism. The result: Flight cancellations, empty runways, and debt.
Question 2: Who are they accountable to?
These are SEDENA-owned companies. They are not publicly traded. They have no public shareholders. They do not publish audited financial statements.
The National Institute for Transparency (INAI) no longer exists to require disclosure. The Federal Superior Audit Office faces difficulties obtaining access.
They report to the military high command, not to the people of Tulum, who pay their salaries.
Question 3: Where do the profits go, if there are any?
The Maya Train cost 540 billion pesos. Its annual operating cost is 9 billion pesos. It is not running at full capacity.
Jaguar Park generates revenue. Where does that money go? Into more sargassum barriers? No. Hotel owners pay for those.
The airport operates at a loss. Every year, it receives additional funding from the federal budget.
As many have asked: They keep injecting more and more money into these projects. But when does a single peso return to Tulum?
3. THE CRIME IS THREEFOLD
First: Tourism was taken away as sargassum was left uncleared.
Second: Unfair competition was introduced through SEDENA. These entities do not pay corporate income tax (ISR), do not pay property taxes, and they do not go bankrupt.
CONCLUSION
Federal Government. SEDENA:
You said the Maya Train was for the people.
But the people are selling their homes in Aldea Zama and Aldea Tulum.
You said Jaguar Park was created to protect.
But people are charged to step onto the sand, while the sargassum remains unaddressed.
You said the airport would bring development.
Instead, it has brought debt.
If there are no profits, say so.
If there are profits, show where they are going.
If these projects benefit Mexico, explain how.
Source: mexicodailypost
