Baja California Governor Marina Avila and her husband Carlos Torres are partners of a bar company that was recently fined by the City of Mexicali
Baja California Governor Marina Avila and her husband Carlos Torres became quite some time ago partners of a bar company that was recently cited by the City of Mexicali.
Torres, who was appointed as Strategic Projects Coordinator of Baja California, confirmed he and his wife are business partners of Juan Manuel Lameiro-Camacho in Bar El Copeo.
The bar was recently cited by the Mexicali Department of Government for schedule anomalies.
City documents show although the bar constantly opened hours after the city schedule limit owners have just requested extra hours for two days in the last months.
Gov. Avila and Torres were recorded at the bar on Feb. 3 — a day before the city held inspections at local bars.
Luis Alfonso Torres Torres, the governor’s brother-in-law, is also Lameiro’s partner in Tijuana bars through the Vida Orgánica Tijuana Corporation.
El Copeo Sports Bar was first opened in 2019 when Avila was elected Mexicali Mayor. However, documents do not show if the governor was a partner in the company at that time.
Although mandated to close at 2 a.m. by city ordinances, the bar opened until 5 a.m. almost every weekend.
The schedule caused concerns and controversy among Mexicali residents after a series of traffic accidents with some of them turning fatal.
Mexicali’s Department of Government fined the bar 48,000 pesos or around $2,400 USD for schedule violations.
The agency said in a prepared statement the inspections were held at the request of Mayor Norma Bustamante to prevent traffic accidents.
City ordinances show an extra hour of operation for a local bar costs about $350 USD.
City fines strip club
A well-known Mexicali strip club was recently fined with about $2,000 USD for schedule violations.
La Crónica newspaper reported that after holding several inspections at strip clubs over the weekend the City Department of Government fined El Nido strip club.
Mexicali Secretary of Government Daniel Valenzuela said in other strip clubs the agency found strippers with their health license due.
The city official called bar owners to comply with local regulations by shutting down by the ordinance mandated time.
Valenzuela said El Copeo bar, partly owned by Governor Marina Avila and husband Carlos Torres, already paid its fine after finding schedule violations.
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