More than 228 million pesos stopped entering the coffers of the municipality of Benito Juarezin Quintana Roobetween 2021 and July 2024 by ceasing to implement the breathalyserthis based on the average number of detainees during the last six months in which the measure was applied, which was 360 people per month.
The director of the Civic Courts Mayor’s Office Secretary, Máximo Martínez Canché, said that the operations were carried out four days a week, from Thursday to Sunday, and the average per week was up to 90 people sent toThe Municipal Detention Center, El Torito.
The fine for driving under the influence of alcohol is 150 Units of Measurement y Update (UMA), whose value on Wednesday, August 14 was 108.57 pesos, so the penalty this year is 16,285.5 pesos and for which there is no discount.
The resource obtained from the collection of the sanctions imposed by the Civic Judge It is paid into the municipal accounts and is used for social work, maintenance, public works, services, purchase of vehicles and equipment as required, based on what is established in the municipal law.
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With the millions that were not collected, six machines could have been purchased to pave the streets, since each one has a market cost of 35 million pesos; 10,260 ballistic missiles like those delivered by Governor Mara Lezama last July could have also been purchased, since The Government spent more than 11 million pesos on 507 vests.
Based on the calculation made by 24 HOURS Quintana RooIf the average number of detainees was 90 per week, 360 per month and 4,320 per year, in 2024 from January to July, an average of 2,520 would have been sent to El Torito.
Therefore, with the fine being 16,285.5 pesos and 2,520 drivers who had been detained in seven months, this year the coffers of the Benito Juárez city council would have received, just for the breathalyzer, 41 million 39 thousand 460 pesos so far.
The last time the program was implemented in Benito Juárez was in March 2020, and it was suspended due to the pandemic. Covid-19.
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