Cases / Finance, funds and markets · Mexico · 2018
7.2 million pesos meant for vaquita protection diverted, Excélsior reported
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Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
- The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
Excélsior reported in 2018 that 7.2 million pesos intended for protecting the vaquita porpoise were diverted. Other figures on spending and the vaquita count are not verified, so the scale of harm to the species is not established here.
What?
7.2 million pesos meant for vaquita protection in Mexico were reported diverted. Excélsior
Where?
Mexico Excélsior
When?
2018, the year of the Excélsior report Excélsior
Who?
Gained
None on recordLost
- Vaquita porpoise — 7.2 million pesos meant for its protection, as reported Excélsior
Harmed
None on recordWhy?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Not described in the sources reviewed.
6 of 6 questions answered from the record
What happened
The record, in order.
Excélsior reported in 2018 that 7.2 million pesos intended for vaquita marina protection were diverted.
The record gives no response from the agencies that held the funds.
In court and with insurers
Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.
Lawsuits and rulings
No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: more than 1.2 billion pesos spent on vaquita conservation over a decade, with irregularities found by an auditor.
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: only 7 to 10 vaquita left.
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: the totoaba fishing ban, the 2005 sanctuary, the 2015 gillnet ban, and a vaquita count below 59 in 2016.
- None on record Not stated: which agency held the funds, and whether any audit or prosecution followed the 2018 report.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
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