Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas. In the final stretch of his administration, PAN Governor Francisco García Cabeza de Vaca appointed relatives and close friends to undersecretaries and other important positions with significant budgets within the government.
The cases of Xicoténcatl González Uresti, the president's cousin, and María del Pilar Gómez Leal, the cousin of his wife, Mariana Gómez Leal, stand out, leaving the city council of this capital practically bankrupt.
Last week, he appointed Gerardo Peña Flores, a former federal and local legislator with a proportional representation seat, as Secretary of Government. He has Mario Gómez Monroy, a business administrator with no education qualifications, as Secretary of Education. His merit lies in being Gómez Leal's cousin .
Throughout his administration, García Cabeza de Vaca has provided high-paying positions to family members and friends . Since Gómez Monroy's arrival at the Ministry of Education, school cooperatives have been assigned to individuals allegedly linked to illicit activities, and the resulting funds have been shamelessly channeled into the System for Comprehensive Family Development.
