On Wednesday, the councilor responded to the accusations launched against her by the capital government, ensuring that the demolition permit received by the company to proceed with the works would have been approved by the Housing Secretariat and not by her own administration.
The new crisis began on Monday, when the demolition works being carried out on a building located in the Tránsito colony collapsed and caused the death of three workers. Hours later, the local Morena parliamentary group in the Congress held a conference where they stated that the facilitation agreement cited by the mayor is not above the law of mayoralties, which details the responsibilities of the demarcations in terms of works and demolitions.
The next day, at a press conference, the Secretary of Housing, Inti Muñoz, pointed to the alleged responsibility of the demarcation by stating that it was their "responsibility to verify that the necessary measures are adopted, guarantee the safety conditions for people and avoid risks to the public highway, such as supervising that demolitions are carried out with the appropriate procedures and protections to prevent damage to third parties".
In addition, he denounced that the company failed to meet the legal times to proceed with the works, so Housing should have closed the construction site.
"They lied." According to his explanation, the building that collapsed received administrative benefits from the Housing Secretariat and the Commission for the Reconstruction of Mexico City because it was a building that suffered structural damage in the 2017 earthquake. According to this account, both central agencies signed an agreement through which the office led by Inti Muñoz would be allowed "to approve demolitions without a civil protection study or program".
Likewise, Rojo de la Vega recounts that on September 26 of last year, the applicants requested demolition permits from her government, which were denied four days later for "not meeting the minimum demolition requirements".
The tragic toll of three dead left by the collapse of a building on Calzada de Tlalpan revived the controversy and tensions between the government of Mexico City and the mayor of Cuauhtémoc, Alessandra Rojo de la Vega.
"It would be very serious if documents that have no foundation are used," fired the coordinator, Xóchitl Bravo, who was accompanied by the main figures of the officialist bloc.
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In this way, the tension that exists between the central government led by Clara Brugada and Mayor Rojo de la Vega, one of the strongest figures of the chilanga opposition for the 2027 and 2030 elections, is revived.
"It is a lie that I am above the Constitution and the law. Why use a tragedy to cover up your responsibility instead of facing it?"
The mayor's accusations did not end there. On Wednesday, the mayor, Rojo de the Vega, came out to counter and accused the official of "lying" and "omitting the truth".
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Through social networks, Rojo de la Vega maintained that demolition permits were not granted by local authorities, but by the central government.
The attributions of the mayoralties are very clear. Since both administrations began, in 2024, there have been different clashes and controversies for various reasons. The latest had been, for example, the one generated by violent events during a demarcation operation against street vending on San Cosme Avenue.
And here are the proofs. Why lie to people like that?
In any case, the company would have received the green light from the Housing Secretariat in October through the agreement signed with the Reconstruction Commission.
Now, the polarization was born from the tragic collapse of a building that caused the death of three men in the Tránsito colony.
"We said no, but they said yes," she added.
