The Tinajo City Council has been included in the 2025 annual report of the Ombudsman for not responding to three requests related to an urban planning file initiated in 2024, a situation for which the MRT spokesperson, Antonio Morales, has demanded immediate explanations from the mayor, Jesús Machín.
The spokesperson for the Tinajo City Council, Antonio Morales, has denounced the "serious situation" reflected in said report, in which the council is pointed out for not having responded to what was requested after three requirements, being qualified as an administration “hostile or hindering” of its functions, a fact that the MRT considers "especially serious in terms of institutional transparency".
According to the report, the actions began on March 7, 2024, in relation to the fulfillment of an urban planning agreement related to land classification. The third requirement was issued on November 4, 2025, without any response from the City Council having been recorded to date.
Given these facts, from the MRT they have requested formal explanations from the mayor, Jesús Machín, with the objective of clarifying who is responsible for this lack of institutional response, whether they are political
positions or municipal technicians, and to determine possible responsibilities.
Antonio Morales has stated that “it is extremely worrying that Tinajo reappears in the media due to bad practices of a government that seems accustomed to breaking the law”, adding
that “this report confirms what we have been publicly denouncing for years”.
Likewise, he has pointed out that “we demand to know who is responsible for this situation, whether the mayor, the councilors or the municipal technicians”, and has criticized that “a City Council cannot be managed as
if it were a personal estate, at the whim of Mr. Machín.”
Morales has recalled that "there are precedents that reinforce these complaints, such as reports from the highest technical officials of the City Council —including the Secretariat— corresponding to the years
2023 and 2025, as well as a Mayor's Office decree from September 2023, which point to possible irregularities in municipal management".
From the MRT strongly reject these practices and warn of the "serious harm they pose to the image of the municipality and to the residents of Tinajo". In this regard, Morales has regretted that “in the 21st century, cacique practices that directly affect citizens continue to occur.”
Finally, the spokesperson has reiterated the "demand for immediate explanations on this matter and others related to municipal management", emphasizing the "need to guarantee transparency, compliance with legality and good governance in the Tinajo City Council, and warning that they will continue to promote initiatives to clarify these facts".