The multi-million Tigres del Norte concert cost was unveiled through a Freedom of Information Act request
The concert held by Tigres del Norte band for Mexicali’s 120th. anniversary cost 8.1 million pesos or about $411,111 USD.
Concert funds came out from the State Institute of Culture, according to the contract made public through a Freedom of Information Act request.
The concert was held in the Civic Center square on March 18.
Originally, Mexicali Mayor Norma Bustamante said several undisclosed businessmen donated funds for the act.
State Secretary of Culture Alma Delia Abrego Ceballos signed the contract with a company named Tecnologías para la Vida, represented by General Manager Jesús Manuel García García.
Secretary of Health surveys criticized
The Chairwoman of an opposition political party accused state Secretary of Public Health Adrian Medina of utilizing staff for election goals.
Institutional Revolutionary Party Chairwoman Guadalupe Gutierrez said in a press conference said the state has deployed Public Health staff on the streets to collect election information.
Gutierrez said Sec. Medina presumably seeks to run for Mexicali Mayor.
According to the party leader staff that administered COVID-19 vaccines is now filing surveys of Mexicali voters.
Gutierrez said the state administration has been unable to address issues like crime, public utilities, and health.
“They are now asking who lives at homes and who votes,” Gutierrez said regarding questions asked by Public Health staff. “These are not questions the Department of Public Health should have been asking.”
Also, Gutierrez considered such information must be gathered by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography.
The party leader said while the General Hospital urgently needs medications staff is deployed in many areas and streets asking questions that are not relevant to the agency.
As of Wednesday evening, the state Department of Public Health has not commented on the matter.
City plans issuance of birth certificates in braille
The City of Mexicali is expected to become the first in the country to issue birth certificates in braille for the visually impaired.
City Recorder Elizabeth Márquez said in a press conference the goal is to move the city forward to provide services from a human rights perspective.
First, the city plans to train staff in order to issue the certificates.
“This will be the first time we will have a braille printer,” Márquez said. “It was purchased with the support of the National Population Registry.”
Although these certificates will be read by tact the documents will also include an alphabetic version for reading.
The first certificates will be free of cost, the city official said.
Birth certificate in braille issuance will begin next month.
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