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Veracruz UPAV university corruption scandal
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In mid‑July 2026 Veracruz authorities announced launched a probe into the Universidad Popular Autónoma de Veracruz (UPAV), alleging that private foundations had funneled roughly about 280 million pesos through contracts lacking transparency. opaque contracts. The new state administration dismantled those foundations, placed university finances under direct government control, formalized labor contracts, introduced an automated payroll system, system and raised staff salaries and detained three by roughly 40 percent. Three former officials were detained on embezzlement and abuse‑of‑authority charges. A week later, the teachers’ union and other observers accused former education secretary Zenyazen Escobar García of overseeing the misappropriation of public funds during the previous governor’s term. They reported that advisors at more than 30 campuses had not been paid for two teaching periods, amounting to about 22,300 pesos each, and called on the current governor, the university rector charges, and the finance secretary investigation was expanded to resolve the delays. By the end of July, the consider possible money‑laundering links. The state congress had formally transferred UPAV’s administrative and financial management from private civil associations moved to the government, ending convert UPAV into a long‑standing patronage model. The Veracruz State decentralized public entity to improve oversight, while the Education Secretariat asserted reported that most 2025 salaries had been paid and that most many 2026 installments had been received, paid, attributing remaining payment gaps to missing paperwork or unsigned contracts. Nonetheless, university advisers paperwork. Despite these measures, teachers and directors continued to report unpaid wages for the first and second quarters of 2026. On 6 August 2026, more than 5,000 faculty members staged a peaceful protest in front of the Secretaría de Finanzas y Planeación headquarters in Xalapa, demanding payment of salary arrears dating back to 2025 and warning against being forced into disadvantageous contract schemes. The university rector dismissed the demonstrators as a “minority group,” prompting ongoing disputes over funding faculty to prepare a petition for the finance secretariat, the education secretariat and staff compensation. the rectorate.
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- 2026-07-31 13:14 UTC Veracruz UPAV university corruption scandal
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