CAMPECHE, Mexico — On the eve of Governor Layda Sansores’s fifth government report, a coalition of journalists, civic leaders, and opinion figures published an open letter demanding accountability over widespread allegations of corruption, economic stagnation, and deteriorating public safety in Campeche.
The manifesto, published by local outlet Tribuna Campeche, accuses the state administration of squandering more than 130 billion pesos ($7 billion USD) in public funds over five years without delivering meaningful infrastructure or socio-economic improvements. Signatories criticized official narratives, arguing that state PR masks a reality of closed businesses, rising unemployment, and crumbling public spaces, including the UNESCO-listed Historic Center and the iconic waterfront boulevard (malecón).
Key grievances raised in the letter include:
- Escalating Insecurity: A severe breakdown in public safety, marked by daylight robberies, homicides, disappearances, and an expanding presence of organized crime networks involved in drug trafficking and human smuggling.
- Financial Mismanagement: The recent approval of a 1-billion-peso public debt structured over a 20-year repayment term, which critics fear will be funneled into upcoming electoral campaigns.
- Healthcare Collapse: Critical shortages of basic medications like paracetamol, inadequate hospital supplies, and a lack of treatment options for pediatric cancer patients.
- Transit & Rural Failures: Over 5 billion pesos spent on an underperforming Light Rail project, alongside poorly planned mobility initiatives (Ko’ox) and a neglected agricultural and fishing sector.
The letter also questions state agricultural relief strategies, such as the “Plan Campeche,” arguing that basic food hand-outs fail to address the systemic lack of fuel, equipment, and structural investment facing local farmers and fishermen.
Describing the administration as an “agonizing government in decline,” the open letter concludes with a direct demand for transparent financial auditing rather than polished government propaganda, emphasizing that citizens across the state are demanding clear answers regarding where public resources have been directed.
Source: Tribuna Campeche
