It is a bus tour with a difference. The aptly named “Corruptour,” takes visitors to Mexico on a ten-stop trip of the capital’s alleged corrupt hot-spots. It has been set up by the Mexican anti-graft organisation Via Ciudadana to expose what it calls the abuse of power and misuse of public funds that many say is rife in Mexico and goes largely unpunished.<br /><br /> The group hopes it will mobilise Mexicans to hold those elected to account and take action against graft.<br /><br /> La corrupción en México atrae turistas: “Corruptour” lleva a la Estela de Luz, a la “casa blanca”... https://t.co/jBclhw7Aqk— azulgris (@azulgris_web) February 7, 2017<br /> <br /><br /> The tour stops at the offices of television network Televisa, singled out for allegedly having a very friendly relationship with the federal government.<br /><br /> Along the tour is also the Senate of the Republic, a construction project that cost three times the approved budget.<br /><br /> And then there is the city’s Attorney General’s office, chosen for its inaction during a highly publicised series of videotaped scandals involving city officials during the administration of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, another 2018 presidential hopeful. He also ran an unsuccessful presidential campaign in 2012.<br /><br /> Also included is a luxury house allegedly linked to Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto, who became embroiled along with his wife and finance minister in a scandal over homes bought from and financed by a government contractor.<br />
