Mexico City. – With the argument that it was in “gray work”, the Secretary of Defense, Luis Cresencio Sandoval, justified the difference of more than 20 million pesos between what he paid and the 30 million it cost departments like his. in the Cuatro Puntos de Bosque Real development, Huixquilucan.
The general broke a week of silence with the revelation of the luxury apartment he bought from a partner of a Sedena supplier company.
“Almost at the beginning of the administration I acquired it at the price mentioned in the note, but it is not mentioned in that note that the apartment was of Gray work. That apartment was built 11 years ago and due to certain circumstances, the apartment The previous owners had not done the finish”, he justified.
“I acquired it through a loan from the Army Bank… It was valued at 9 million 800, but because of the conditions it was in, the price that was negotiated was 9 million,” he said.
Of the mortgage loan given from February 2020 to May 2022, the General already owes only 3 lakh 874 thousand pesos.
The chief of Cedena’s net monthly salary is 119,000 pesos per month, so to achieve the same wealth, he would have to collect his full salary for more than 20 years.
Furthermore, regarding the owner and supplier of Cedena, Sandoval said that he carried out the operation through a real estate agency and that he knew the owner until he signed the documents.
“He is a supplier for Sedena, he has participated on several occasions and won only one, about two years after securing this apartment, he participated and won a tender.”
‘Four Digits’
On May 15, Mexicans Against Corruption and Impunity (MCCI) reported that the 407-square-meter property was sold to it by Alejandra Aguilar Solarzano, a shareholder of Protective Materials Technology, which subsequently received a 319 million pesos contract from Cedena. To supply ballistic plates.
Property documents obtained by MCCI show that the apartment is on the fourth floor of a 9-storey tower in the Cuatro Puntos de Bosque Real condominium.
It consists of a hall, living room, dining room, TV or games room, library, full bathroom and three bedrooms with dressing rooms; A service room with breakfast room, pantry, kitchen, laundry and ironing room, a tool room and full bathroom.
In addition, it has a covered terrace overlooking the golf course, four parking spaces and a storage room.
The same appraisal mentions that Cresencio Sandoval bought the apartment in Bosque Real with a degree of completion of 100 percent with clear concrete finishes, however, interviewed by Reforma, two architects and an appraiser believed the price to be 9 million pesos. The price is low for an apartment located in the Bosque Real development.
