Fonatur uses the Mayan Train budget to buy souvenirs for 6.8 million pesos

EMEEQUIS.- Despite President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's calls for austerity in the federal public administration, FONATUR Tren Maya acquired organic wood and bamboo USB flash drives, steel thermoses, backpacks, mugs, stamps and pins in this 2021.

Within the tender for the acquisition of equipment, protective clothing and other supplies for the Mayan Train project for 6.8 million pesos, office items and executive clothing with the logo of the emblematic work of the six-year term were included, as well as as souvenirs.

Of the 42 products requested by FONATUR Tren Maya, only 11 have to do with protection-safety equipment and clothing for workers, such as boots, overalls, girdles, caps, vests, gloves, glasses, chin straps, waterproof raincoats, among others, for the staff of workshops, roads and transport operations.

The company CONSORCIO EMAUS S.A. DE C.V. LA-021W3X999-E184-2020 won the tender on February 12, 2021, just eight months after the start of the works in the southeast of the country.

The protective clothing and equipment were purchased despite the fact that the seven sections of the work –1,500 kilometers of railways– are built by contractors and by the Secretary of National Defense (Sedena).

For the 11 items of protective clothing and equipment, 1,584,500 pesos were paid, that is, only 23% of the total contract. While 5 million 299 thousand 462 pesos were for souvenirs of the Mayan Train.

The general director of the National Fund for the Promotion of Tourism (Fonatur) is Rogelio Jiménez Pons.

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FONATUR Tren Maya bought 750 8GB organic wood USB drives for 146 pesos each, and 750 8GB bamboo USB drives for 146 pesos each, a total of 219 thousand pesos, more than what the unit spent on 200 chin straps, 200 safety glasses, 200 meat gloves, 200 cotton and polyester gloves, and 200 safety caps that add up to a total of 58 thousand pesos.

183,200 pesos were allocated for the acquisition of 200 first aid kits, while 351,500 pesos were allocated for 1,500 notebooks, 2,500 pens and 2,500 pens.

169,800 pesos were allocated for 200 security belts, and 255,000 pesos were paid for a thousand stainless steel thermoses.

"EXECUTIVE SHIRT FOR MEN"

The agency requested 1,500 waterproof raincoats and paid 498,000 pesos, less than what it allocated for 750 men's denim shirts and 500 women's denim shirts that cost 845,250 pesos.

For a thousand rescuer vests, FONATUR Tren Maya paid 248,000 pesos, and allocated 300,000 pesos in 2,000 bandanas and 2,500 caps with the logo of the project.

1,100 pins were also purchased for 97,200 pesos; 500 backpacks for 166 thousand pesos; 7 thousand 500 stamps for 145 thousand pesos; and a thousand cups for 39 thousand pesos.

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Office clothes were also included in the contract: 750 men's executive line shirts for 230,500 pesos; 500 executive line shirts for women for 153 thousand 500 pesos; 1,250 round neck shirts for 96,500 pesos; 1,250 polo shirts 150,000 pesos; and 2 thousand cargo pants and overalls for 1 million 71 thousand pesos.

EMAUS S.A. CONSORTIUM DE C.V. Its legal representative is Víctor Ulises Estevez Escobar, who is also the legal representative of the company CONSORCIO MEXIQUENSE ACTUAL, S. A. DE C. V.